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OBJECT TYPE: INTERNAL PROCESSING/LAND
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0191.001

MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
MODEL: ONE STEP
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: CVL827GA
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS; GLASS PARTS; METAL PARTS; SYNTHETIC FIBRE STRAP; RUBBER VIEWFINDER PIECE/.2SYNTHETIC CASING; SYNTHETIC & METAL PARTS/.3-.6 SYNTHETIC & GLASS? FLASH BARS IN CARDBOARD PACKAGES/.7 SYNTHETIC 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: 27.0 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Height: 19.0 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: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: LATE 1970S+
Canada: PURCHASED & USED IN CANADA BY DONOR.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT, PROCESSING FILM INTERNALLY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE FINISHED PHOTOGRAPH ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
Technical: BETWEEN 1977 & 1981, ONESTEP WAS BEST-SELLING CAMERA IN U.S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "OneStep" & "POLAROID LAND CAMERA"; BLACK LETTERING ON INTERIOR LABEL READS "FILM: POLAROID/ SX-70" & "POLAROID IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF/ POLAROID CORP., CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A./ MADE IN UNITED KINGDOM. MARCA REG."; INCISED "CVL827GA" IN INTERIOR/.2 WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "Keystone" & ON BACK "MODEL #610/ FOR POLAROID (R) "OneStep"/ AND "Pronto" (R) CAMERAS/ HONG KONG"/.3-.6 BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON PACKAGE READS "GTE Sylvania Canada Limited/ Limitee", "Drummondville Que. Canada/ Made in U.S.A. Fabrique au Etats-Unis" & "SYLVANIA BLUE DOT/ Flash Bar"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 BLACK & WHITE EXTERIOR; RED BUTTON; BLACK STRAP/.2 BLACK/.3 -.6 BLUE-TINGED FLASH BARS WITH MULTICOLOURED PACKAGES/.7 BROWN
Decoration: .1 PINK, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE VERTICAL STRIPES ON FRONT/.7 RED & WHITE APPLIQUE CANADIAN FLAG ON FRONT

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Polaroid Corp., Camera, circa 1977, Artifact no. 2003.0191, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0191.001/

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