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And though the early photos required a preventive coating to avoid fading, by 1972 development was all-inclusive in the SX-70, the camera Land had been dreaming of, says narrator Gillian Jacobs ...

Ever the tinkerer, Land worked for almost three years perfecting the process, until at last he had the film and camera ready. The first Land Camera, the Model 95, was first shown on this day in 1947.

On November 26, 1948, Edwin Land debuted his first "Land Camera," dubbed the Model 95A. This was the first "Polaroid camera," as we'd popularly know it—though camera nerds like me still talk ...

“After years of trials, in 1947, Land demonstrated a working scientific prototype of his Polaroid camera to the press; by the 1948 Christmas season, the first Polaroid went up for sale in Boston ...

‘Mr. Polaroid’ Review: PBS’s Picture of a Visionary An ‘American Experience’ documentary focuses on the inventor of the Polaroid camera, Edwin Land, a man of both brilliance and egotism. By ...