Object Details
maker
Polaroid Corporation
Description (Brief)
Polaroid Land Camera Model 95. First unit to come off the assembly line when the Polaroid Land camera began production in the fall of 1948. It is inscribed with the initials E. H. L. and presented to Edwin H. Land, inventor of the camera and president of Polaroid. The camera's name reflects its manufacturer's suggested retail price of $95. The lens is a fixed f/11, 135 mm model. Shutter has T and I modes. Metal and brown leather body with metal fixtures and leather bellows. Direct-vision view-finder with post on front top. Camera used Polaroid print paper to make near-instant 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" prints.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1948
ID Number
PG.007489
accession number
256625
catalog number
7489
Object Name
Camera
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 9 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 in; 24.13 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.08 cm
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1154069