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Record 036 · Electronics · 1948

48.36.E

Polaroid Land Camera Model 95

Polaroid

Model of instant film cameras manufactured by Polaroid from 1948-83

Chemistry as a consumer product: a finished photo before you left the party.

Pictures in a minute.

Sold out on day one. Instant film created a new social ritual and a razor/blade business Polaroid rode for decades.

Filed notes

  • One-step silver diffusion transfer
  • In-camera development

Units. Land cameras and descendants: tens of millions

SIC

3861

Photographic Equipment and Supplies

NAICS

333316

Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing

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