General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & PLASTIC BODY; GLASS LENS; FABRIC STRAP/ COWHIDE CASE, LINED WITH BRUSHED FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.0 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

14.5 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

Massachusetts

City

Cambridge

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE A FINISHED PHOTOGRAPH 'INSTANTLY'

Technical

POLAROID CAMERAS WERE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL INSTANT PICTURE CAMERAS WHICH WERE EASY TO USE & REQUIRED NO CHEMICAL MIXING, ETC. THIS MODEL WAS ONE OF SEVERAL MODELSOF LOW-PRICED PACK-FILM CAMERAS PRODUCED BY THE COMPANY c. 1965-1967 (REF. 1, p.360-361)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'POLAROID/ 101' PRINTED IN WHITE ON FRONT COVER/ 'POLAROID LAND CAMERA/ 101/ AUTOMATIC' & 'POLAROID' APPEAR ON CAMERA FRONT/ CONTROLS ARE LABELLED & OR NUMBERED/ STAMPED INSIDE BACK COVER: 'POLAROID LAND CAMERA/ POLAROID CORPORATION/ CAMBRIDGE, MASS/ MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENTED NO'S 2,435,717 2,435,720 2,495,111 2,543,160/ 2,991,703 3,079,849 3,080,805 AND OTHERS'/ DECAL & STENCILLED TEXT INSIDE BACK PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS, ETC./.2 'POLAROID/ MODEL 268' STAMPED IN CLIP/ 'UNPLUG/ CORD/ IF NOT/ USING FLASH' PRINTED ON FLASH; SIMILAR TEXT ON PLUG/ 'USE CLEAR M3 BULB' PRINTED ON FLASH COVER/.3 &.4 TEXT IN SUPP. INFO.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK & GREY CAMERA BODY; BLACK CRINKLE-TEXTURED COVER/ CASE IS SMOOTH TAN-COLOURED COWHIDE

Decoration

N/A