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prototype Polaroid camera body
prototype Polaroid camera body

prototype Polaroid camera body

Date1965-1975
Inventory Number2004-1-0032
ClassificationCamera
Subject
    Maker Polaroid Corporation 1937-present
    Owner Edwin H. Land 1909 - 1991
    User Rowland Institute founded 1980
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions15.6 × 10.3 × 8.7 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionThis is a black painted wood model of a Polaroid camera, likely a prototype body design for a new Polaroid instant camera (perhaps a non-folding SX-70 model). There are two circular pieces of glass on the front of the camera where the lens and viewfinder would be in similar Polaroid models. Along the bottom edge of the camera, beneath the eyepiece is a small white square with the number "7" printed on it. The "7" probably indicated the location of the film exposure counter. The black circular piece with white notched outer edge, located on the side of the camera's face, probably represents a distance setting or manual focus.

          In Collection(s)
          Signedunsigned
          ProvenanceEdwin Land, Rowland Institute, Cambridge, MA; gift to CHSI by the Land Family, 2004.
          prototype camera body
          prototype camera body
          George Edward Vanderpool
          Date: 1968-1975
          Object number: 2004-1-0035
          prototype Polaroid camera body
          prototype Polaroid camera body
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1963-1975
          Object number: 2004-1-0033
          prototype Polaroid SX-70 camera body
          prototype Polaroid SX-70 camera body
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1960-1975
          Object number: 2004-1-0034
          prototype Polaroid camera body
          prototype Polaroid camera body
          George Edward Vanderpool
          Date: 1968-1978
          Object number: 2004-1-0031
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Time Zero Autofocus Model 2
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Time Zero Autofocus Model 2
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1972-1980
          Object number: 2004-1-0047
          experimental model Land Camera SX-70 Model 3
          experimental model Land Camera SX-70 Model 3
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1972-1980
          Object number: 2004-1-0046
          experimental camera based on SX-70 model
          experimental camera based on SX-70 model
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1972-1980
          Object number: 2004-1-0043
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Time Zero autofocus Model 2
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Time Zero autofocus Model 2
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1974-1980
          Object number: 2004-1-0049
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Model 2
          experimental Land camera SX-70 Model 2
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1970-1982
          Object number: 2004-1-0048
          experimental camera model SX-70
          experimental camera model SX-70
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1972-1976
          Object number: 2004-1-0045
          experimental camera model SX-70
          experimental camera model SX-70
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1974
          Object number: 2004-1-0044
          Image Not Available for Polaroid SX-70 Land camera shown off at stockholder's meeting, 1973
          Polaroid SX-70 Land camera shown off at stockholder's meeting, 1973
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1973
          Object number: 2004-1-0515