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