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Polaroid 110B Pathfinder Camera
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2018.10.01.02.03
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1960-1964 (Creation)
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- Polaroid Corporation
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- United States
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1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; 14.2 x 23.5 x 7 cm
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The Polaroid Corporation was founded by Edwin H. Land. He registered his first patent (for a synthetic polarzier) in 1926, and created the Land-Wheelwright Laboratories in Boston with George Wheelwright III in 1932. The company initially produced glasses with polarized lenses, including 3D glasses and Army issue goggles. The inspiration for instant photographs reportedly came to Land from his daughter, who while on vacation in 1943, asked her father why she couldn't see a photo he had just taken right away. By 1947, the first demonstration model of the instant camera was complete. The first Land instant cameras (Model 95) were sold in 1948, and by 1956 the one millionth Polaroid Camera was manufactured in Cambridge Massachusetts. Colour instant film was introduced by the company in 1963, and soon after automatic film pack cameras were developed. Over the years, the company had many spokespeople for its products, including Lawrence Olivier, Steve Allen, the Muppets, James Garner, Mariette Hartley, Sinbad and the Spice Girls. The original Polaroid company filed for bankruptcy in 2001, and by 2002 it was a new private company held by Bank One.
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Item is a Polaroid instant camera with a leather carrying strap and usually retails for around $70. Film is exposed manually, in comparison to other Polaroid automatic cameras. It has a Rodenstock Ysarex 127 mm f4.7 lens and is constructed from steel. The camera also has a Prontor SVS shutter, a self timer, a hinged pinhole lens cap and a couple rangefinder viewfinder system with parallax correction. It is a folding camera and part of the Land Camera family. Polaroid produced between 27,000 and 35,000 of these cameras and viewed the Pathfinder series as its professional line. As a result, the company marketed these cameras towards more advanced photographers. Serial number is LA424366.
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Fair condition
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The collection was donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Ken Van Velzer in 2018.
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Polaroid: Polaroid 110B Pathfinder. Retrieved from http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Polaroid/Polaroid-110B-Pathfinder.html. Polaroid Pathfinder 110B. Retrieved from http://blog.keh.com/polaroid-pathfinder-110b/