Postcard

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OBJECT TYPE: photograph mount
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1338.021

MANUFACTURER: Polaroid Corp.
MODEL: Polaroid Postcarder
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 21
Total Parts: 22
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.4 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Printed specimens
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Polaroid
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: A card with adhesive on one side and a preprinted postcard form on the other; a Polaroid photograph taken by the user affixed to the adhesive side, creating a picture postcard which can be written upon and mailed
Technical: The first Polaroid Land camera was introduced in 1948 and in the 1950's several more models were produced. Polaroid Postcarders were introduced around 1957, according to Time Magazine: 'Minute Postcards. Owners of Polaroid Land Cameras, which produce snapshots in one minute, can now turn the pictures into postcards by affixing them to Polaroid Postcarders. One side of a Postcarder has standard message and address sections, the other has a peel-off backing over an adhesive surface. Cost for a package of 25: 95¢.' [from 'New Ideas', Time Magazine, August 12, 1957] (Ref. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: black lettering on one side reads 'A Product of POLAROID CORPORATION/ Printed in U.S.A.' with instructions for use/ black lettering on other side reads 'Polaroid (R) Land Picture Post Card' and 'This picture was finished on-the-spot in just/ 60 seconds with a Polaroid Land Camera'
Missing: complete
Finish: white on one side, brown on other side with green border
Decoration: N/A

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Polaroid Corp., Postcard, after 1957, Artifact no. 2004.1338, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1338.021/

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