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Polaroid Folding Instant Camera

Object Details

Description
Angular plastic body with a triangular hinged bellows and lens housing rising from flat rectangular base, and surmounted by an angled view flash and focus unit; tops of view finder and bellows housing covered in black leather. Recessed circular lens, shutter button, and other controls are at the front of housing. Base opens at front to accept film casette. When closed the camera takes a flat rectangular form; tops of view finder and housing covered in black leather.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1937
Date
1982–1987
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of Phil Patton
Medium
plastic, metal, leather
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 3.2 × 24.8 × 10.5 cm (1 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 4 1/8 in.)
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
camera
Type
camera
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