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prototype mirror camera body, 6" x 6" format
prototype mirror camera body, 6" x 6" format

prototype mirror camera body, 6" x 6" format

Inventory Number2004-1-0037
ClassificationCamera
Subject
    Maker Polaroid Corporation 1937-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions27.3 × 23 × 15.6 cm (10 3/4 × 9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
        DescriptionGray wood, misc. manufactured camera pieces, marked "MIRROR CAMERA/6" x 6" FORMAT/ 10.4", "F.L. f9.2"", "#94"
        SignedSigned "POLAROID"
        InscribedPOLAROID [on face of camera beneath lens] DARKEN / LIGHTEN [above and below dial to adjust light contrast] #94 [on round orange sticker left of camera lens] MIRROR CAMERA / 6" x 6" FORMAT / 10.4" F.L. f 9.2 [handwritten on back of camera]
        prototype Polaroid camera body
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 1965-1975
        Object number: 2004-1-0032
        prototype Polaroid SX-70 camera body
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 1960-1975
        Object number: 2004-1-0034
        large format Universal Juwel camera No. 440
        Zeiss Ikon
        Date: circa 1935
        Accessories: film holders (3); original leather case; photocopy of instruction manual; photocopy of page on the camera from catalog of 1988 Zeiss Ikon exhibit from the California Museum of Photography.
        Object number: 1994-1-0009
        prototype Polaroid camera body
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 1963-1975
        Object number: 2004-1-0033
        prototype body for Instant 8 Land camera
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 1970
        Object number: 2004-1-0050
        Polaroid instant camera, large-format 20 x 24
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 1977-1980
        Accessories: filter in case; filter bracket; lens cap
        Object number: 2004-1-0230
        Polaroid Digital Mini Portrait camera-printer
        Polaroid Corporation
        Date: 2003
        Accessories: printer ribbon, power cable, adapter cable, original packing materials, instruction manuals (in object file), and gray card (in object file)
        Object number: 2009-1-0039
        prototype components for SX-70 camera body
        Polaroid Corporation
        Object number: 2004-1-0040
        prototype camera body
        George Edward Vanderpool
        Date: 1968-1975
        Object number: 2004-1-0035