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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERNAL PROCESSING/LAND
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0186.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Polaroid Corp.
- MODEL
- 120
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G-119917 1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS; GLASS LENS; LEATHER STRAP/.2 METAL & SYNTHETIC, GLASS BULB/.3 METAL & SYNTHETIC/.4 CARDBOARD/.5 METAL IN PAPER ENVELOPE/.6 GLASS BULBS IN CARDBOARD PACKAGE/.7 CARDBOARD IN PAPER STRIP/.8 LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Polaroid
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- Period
- C. 1960+
- Canada
-
CAMERA USED BY MR. HERBERT S. KASSMAN (1924-2000), FATHER OF DONOR, WHO WAS SECRETARY OF POLAROID CORP. IN CAMBRIDGE, MA, HEADQUARTERS & WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEAS DISTRIBUTION OF POLAROID PRODUCTS. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT, PROCESSING FILM INTERNALLY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE FINISHED PHOTOGRAPH ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. - Technical
-
IN APRIL, 1960, POLAROID CORP. IN U.S. CONTRACTED TO HAVE YASHICA MFR. POLAROID MODEL 120 LAND CAMERA, FIRST POLAROID CAMERA MADE IN JAPAN. JAPANESE-MADE MODEL 120 LAND CAMERA, MARKETED IN MAY 1961, WAS INTERNATIONAL MARKET VERSION OF 1957 MODEL 110A, EQUIPPED WITH F/4.7 127MM. YASHINON LENS IN SEIKOSHA SLV SHUTTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON LENS/SHUTTER HOUSING READING "POLAROID/ 120", "MADE IN JAPAN" & "SEIKOSHA SLV"; WHITE LETTERING ON LENS READS "YASHICA-YASHINON 1:4.7 F=127mm, NO. 6110075"; RAISED LETTERING ON SYNTHETIC INTERIOR READS "G-119917/ 1"/.2 INCISED LETTERING READING "D 176919", "AD 1955 POLAROID CORP.", "MODEL 281", "POLAROID BC FLASH"/.3 RED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "POLAROID"; RAISED LETTERING ON BACK READS "POLAROID/ METER 625", "MADE IN/ GERMANY (WEST)"/.4 WHITE & BLUE LETTERING READS "POLAROID/ Exposure Meter #625", "A PRODUCT OF/ POLAROID CORPORATION/ Cambridge, Massachusetts", "FITS ALL/ LAND CAMERA/ MODELS"; (see decoration)
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 GREY SIMULATED LEATHER COVERED CASING; GREY SYNTHETIC PARTS; BRUSHED METAL PARTS; BLACK STRAP/.2 LIGHT GREY BASE; BLACK BULB HOLDER WITH TRANSPARENT COLOURLESS COVER; PLATED PARTS; BLUE BULB/.3 BLACK & LIGHT GREY WITH BRUSHED & BLACK PAINTED DIAL/.4 BLACK & LIGHT GREY WITH RED INTERIOR PARTS/.5 WHITE ENVELOPE/.6 WHITE PACKAGE, BLUE BULBS/.7 WHITE/.8 BROWN WITH BRUSHED METAL HARDWARE
- Decoration
- .4 LABEL READS "FOR ALL NON-ELECTRIC EYE/ POLAROID LAND CAMERAS"/.5 BLACK LETTERING ON PACKAGE READS "FOR CAMERA MODELS/ 95A, 95B, 110 AND700"/.7 PACKAGE LABELED "YOUR POLACOLOR PRINTS/ SHOULD BE MOUNTED ON THESE CARDS."; "F2984 "POLACOLOR" (R) PRINTED IN U.S.A." PRINTED ON PACKAGE & CARDS/.8 GOLD "POLAROID" STAMPED ON EXTERIOR
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