Polaroid Square Shooter Land Camera, 1971-1972
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This is among the first of Polaroid's cameras to use the company's now-iconic square format film. A 1971 advertisement reasons with customers: "You lose a little picture… but you save on the cost of film," and hypes the abridged image as "a square deal." Promising color photographs in 60 seconds, this forerunner of the digital camera offered (nearly) instant results.
This is among the first of Polaroid's cameras to use the company's now-iconic square format film. A 1971 advertisement reasons with customers: "You lose a little picture… but you save on the cost of film," and hypes the abridged image as "a square deal." Promising color photographs in 60 seconds, this forerunner of the digital camera offered (nearly) instant results.
Artifact
Polaroid Land camera
Date Made
1971-1972
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
80.36.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of George O. Bird
Material
Glass (Material)
Non-ferrous Metal
Nylon
Plastic
Dimensions
Height: 5.25 in
Width: 6.375 in
Length: 6 in
Inscriptions
face of camera: POLAROID LAND CAMERA SQUARE SHOOTER product package: POLAROID SQUARE SHOOTER LAND CAMERA
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