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Polariod instant camera, Automatic 360
Polariod instant camera, Automatic 360

Polariod instant camera, Automatic 360

Date1969-1971
Inventory Number2004-1-0206a
ClassificationCamera
Subject
    Maker Polaroid Corporation 1937-present
    Maker Zeiss Ikon founded 1927
    Owner Edwin H. Land 1909 - 1991
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionscamera: 11.3 × 19.5 × 7 cm (4 7/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
        blue board box: 27.9 × 42.2 × 27.6 cm (11 × 16 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
        Material
          Accessoriesstorage box (b); electronic flash (c); fast charger model #363 (d); instruction manual (in object file)
          DescriptionThis is a 300-series folding camera, model 360, with a black and metallic body and collapsible bellows on scissor struts. It is equipped with a 114 mm f/8.8, three-element glass lens, an electronic shutter, a hinged flip-up single-window viewfinder and rangefinder made by Zeiss Ikon, an aperture-priority automatic exposure system only, settings for B&W and color films, a built-in electronic development timer, and an exposure compensation dial. It also has a leather neck strap and a protective plastic cover for the lens. Numbers have been added to different parts of the camera to help explain how it was used.

          This camera comes in a box containing an electronic flash (to provide auto flash exposure) that runs on rechargeable batteries. Also provided is the Fast Charger Model #363 rechargeable unit.

          Similar to model 350, its original retail price was $199.95.

          This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
          Signedon lens frame: POLAROID
          Curatorial RemarksThere is a promotional brochure for this camera (2004-1-0297) in the CHSI Library, on shelf C6-D2. Instruction manual and other papers were removed to object file and have been scanned. EMC 4/2/19 2004-1-0206a-d housed together in same blue-board container. SMS 1/22/2019
          ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.
          storage box for instant camera, Automatic 360
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual
          Object number: 2004-1-0206b
          electronic flash for instant camera, Automatic 360
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual
          Object number: 2004-1-0206c
          fast charger model #363 for instant camera, Automatic 360
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual
          Object number: 2004-1-0206d
          Polariod instant camera, Automatic 350
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file)
          Object number: 2004-1-0205
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1967-1969
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); protective cover
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1971-1977
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip
          Object number: 2004-1-0207
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip
          Object number: 2004-1-0201
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip
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          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1969-1971
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip; protective cover
          Object number: 2004-1-0200
          Polariod instant camera, Automatic 430
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1971-1977
          Accessories:
          Object number: 2004-1-0208
          Polariod instant camera, Automatic 215
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1968-1970
          Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip; protective cover
          Object number: 2004-1-0198