Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

POLAROID

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, ALUMINUM, LEATHER, PLASTIC, VINEL, CORDUROY, PAPER, GLASS

No. Pieces

16

Description

1. POLAROID EXPOSURE METER: 5.6CM (H) X 3.4CM (L) X 2.3CM (W). GREY PLASTIC METER IS A CUBE WITH A DARK GREY TOP AND LIGHTER BOTTOM. THREE SIDES ARE PLAIN AND DIVIDED INTO TWO PIECES OF THESE OPPOSITE COLOURED PLASTICS. ON FOURTH SIDE IS SMALL DEPRESSED RECTANGULAR GLASS WINDOW. ON BACK HAS ALUMINUM CLIP WITH MIDDLE STRIP BEING BENT AND STICKING OUT. HAS THREE SCREWS AND READS "POLAROID R EXPOSURE METER TYPE PR-23 A GENERAL ELECTRIC LYNN, MASS., U.S.A.". ON FRONT IS RECTANGULAR GLASS WINDOW ON TOP WITH "EV" ON TOP OF WINDOW'S BORDER. IN BOTTOM OF WINDOW IS DIAL WITH "11-20" IN SECTIONS AND READS "400" BELOW. BELOW WINDOW IS SCREW WITH RED PAPER DOT IN MIDDLE. READS "POLAROID" ON BOTTOM. SOME MINOR SURFACE SCRATCHES. 2. FLASH ATTACHMENT: 5.5CM (L) X 5.4CM (D). HOLLOW ALUMINUM HALF-CIRCLE HAS OPENING IN MIDDLE WHERE IT RESTS ON PLUG AND WHERE LIGHT BULB FITS IN. ROUND GREY PLASTIC PLUG HAS WHITE LEVER ON BACK TOP WHICH OPENS BULBS HOLE IN LIGHT COVER. HAS TWO ROUND LAYERED PRONGS IN BOTTOM. EDGE IS CUT AT AN ANGLE. OUTSIDE READS "POLAROID WINK LIGHT FLASHER 256". OPPOSITE SIDE HAS SCREW THROUGH IT. SOME SCRATCHES. 3. LENS COVER: 7.1CM (L) X 6.2CM (W). GREY VINYL POUCH HAS ROUND BOTTOM AND SIDES, TOP COMES TO A ROUNDED POINT. MATERIAL IS TEXTURED TO APPEAR LEATHER. HAS TWO PARALLEL SLITS ON ONE SIDE. OPPOSITE SIDE HAS OPEN OVAL SLOT AND TIP IS SQUARED. HAS PLASTIC SCREW WITH WASHER IN HOLE ABOVE SLITS. HAS TINY TEAR IN CORNER. 4. LENS: 5.9CM (L) X 5.1CM (W). BLACK RUBBER OUTSIDE RING IS INDENTED THEN RISES FOR SUPPORT AROUND LENS IN FRONT. LENS IS A TINTED DARK PIECE OF PLASTIC. READS IN OUTER ALUMINUM SIDE "4-S LIGHT REDUCER FOR 3000 FILM OUTDOORS". BACK IS SLOPED BORDER WITH GROOVES AROUND EDGE BY LENS. ON TOP IS OVAL RUBBER PIECE THAT IS OPEN IN BACK. SOME MINOR WEAR OF RUBBER. 5. POLAROID WINK LIGHT: 11.7CM (H) X 8.2CM (L) X 7.9CM (W). FRONT IS LIGHT GREY PLASTIC WITH SQUARE BOTTOM AND RAISED ROUND TOP WHICH HAS SECTIONED PLASTIC. TO RIGHT OF BASE GETS WIDER AND LEDGE VIEWED FROM FRONT READS "POLAROID WINK-LIGHT". BACK HAS THIS ADDED DARK GREY PLASTIC AREA BEHIND LIGHT AND HAS FOUR STRAIGHT SIDES. READS ON PLATE "BRIGHTENS SHADOWS IN NORMAL ROOM LIGHTING ALLOW 15 SECONDS RE-CHARGE BETWEEN WINKS" AND THEN DISCUSSES DISTANCE AND SHUTTER SETTINGS. READS AT BOTTOM "MODEL 110A 1/30 SEC. "M" DELAY WHEN NOT IN USE, DETACH FROM CAMERA TO PRESERVE BATTERY". ON WIDER SIDE HAS LATCH AND READS "TO OPEN, LOOSEN SCREW FIVE TURNS. A PRODUCT OF POLAROID CORP., CAMBRIDGE, MASS. MADE IN U.S.A.". TOP HAS TWO HOLES. HAS MINOR SCRATCHES. 6.LIGHT REDUCER INSTRUCTIONS: 25.2CM (L) X 11.3CM (W). WHITE PAPER HAS BLACK INK ON ONE SIDE. AT TOP READS "HOW TO USE THE 4-S LIGHT REDUCER". IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN SECTIONS OF INFORMATION WITH FIVE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS ON THE SIDE. BOTTOM READS "F2279B POLAROID R PRINTED IN U.S.A.". PAPER IS WORN ALONG FOLDS, SOME MINOR SPOTS OF DISCOLORATION. 7. PRINT MOUNTS: 9.2CM (L) X 10.5CM (W). SIX PIECES OF CARDBOARD ARE HELD TOGETHER BY BAND OF WHITE PAPER THAT IS GLUED TOGETHER AT ENDS. PAPER IS BLANK ON ONE SIDE, OTHER SIDE HAS BROWN PAPER INSTRUCTIONS (MAY BE STICKER). READS ON TOP IN BROWN "HOW TO USE POLACOLOR PRINT MOUNTS". HAS THREE STEPS WITH PICTURE DIAGRAMS ON THE LEFT. READS ON BOTTOM "F2984 "POLACOLOR" R PRINTED IN U.S.A.". HAS SOME FADING AND YELLOWING OF PAPER, SOME MINOR SURFACE DIRT. 8. FLASH INSTRUCTIONS: 15.4CM (L) X 11.5CM (W). PAMPHLET IS ON GLOSSY WHITE PAPER WITH A GREY COVER. IS FOLDED IN THREE SECTIONS. THE COVER PAGE HAS PICTURE OF CAMERA ON BOTTOM LEFT, HAS TWO AREAS OF WRITING WHICH ARE WHITE BACKGROUND, RED BORDER, AND BLACK PRINT. TOP SQUARE READS "HOW TO TAKE FLASH PICTURES WITH POLAROID R LAND CAMERAS". BOTTOM LEFT CIRCLE HAS FOUR POINTS "-B-C POWER -SNAP-ON DIFFUSER -SAFETY SHIELD -CLIPS TO CAMERA NO WIRES OR PLUGS". REST OF PAMPHLET HAS RED HEADINGS AND BLACK PRINT. HAS NUMEROUS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. ON PAGE WHICH IS BACK OF FOLDED PAMPHLET READS AT BOTTOM "POLAROID CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE 39, MASS. PRINTED IN U.S.A. "POLAROID" T.M. REG. U.S. PA. OFF.". HAS STICKY SUBSTANCE AROUND COVER. PAPER IS TORN AND PEELING IN AREAS, IS CRUMPLED. 9. FILM INSTRUCTIONS: 14.1CM (L) X 10.2CM (W). IS SLIGHTLY GLOSSY WHITE PAPER. FRONT PAGE READS AT TOP "HOW TO USE POLACOLOR FILM TYPE 48" THEN HAS AN "URGENT" BOX, "NOTE:", "FILM SPEED:" WITH FOUR POINTS AND "IMPORTANT". THE REST OF THE PAGES ARE NUMBERED AT THE TOP WITH RED PRINT HEADINGS AND BLACK TEXT. HAS FOUR CHARTS THROUGHOUT. ON BOTTOM OF PAGE SIX READS "X-144 POLAROID REGISTERED TRADE MARK PRINTED IN U.S.A". WAS STUCK TOGETHER, PAPER IS WARPED AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN WET. HAS SOME REMNANTS OF MILDEW. SMALL AREAS OF PAPER ARE PEELING, IS FOLDED, AND CRUMPLED. 10. CAMERA INSTRUCTION BOOK: 11.5CM (L) X 16.9CM (W) X 0.4CM (H). HAS GLOSSY CARDBOARD COVER AND FOLD-OUT FRONT FLAP. FRONT COVER IS GOLD IN TOP RIGHT AND BOTTOM LEFT, AND IS WHITE ON OPPOSITE SIDES. HAS RED AND BLACK HORIZONTAL LINE THAT READS "POLAROID R LAND CAMERA" ON RIGHT READS "HOW TO MAKE GOOD PICTURES WITH YOUR - MODEL 150 AND THE 800". HAS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF THE CAMERA AND A PICTURE OF A WOMAN IN TOP LEFT. ON BACK IS WHITE ON RIGHT AND RED ON LEFT. LEFT HAS BLACK AND WHITE SNAPSHOT OF A LITTLE GIRL WITH A DOG IN A CARRIAGE. ON RIGHT READS AT TOP "USE POLAROID'S SPEEDY COPY & ENLARGEMENT SERVICE" AT BOTTOM "POLAROID CORPORATION CAMBRIDGE 39, MASSACHUSETS". NUMBER ON BOTTOM LEFT IS "F1889B". INSIDE FRONT FLAP IS DIAGRAM OF CAMERA. REST OF BOOK GIVES INSTRUCTIONS, TIPS, AND EXPLANATIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. PAGES ARE NUMBERED ON BOTTOM RIGHT. HAS SOME WRINKLES, SOME PAGES ARE PEELING IN MIDDLE, EDGES ARE WORN. 11. ENVELOPE: 9.6CM (L) X 12.2CM (W). WHITE ENVELOPE HAS FLAP OVER SIDE WITH GLUE ON END. FRONT READS IN RED SIDEWAYS "COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS PLEASE DO NOT BEND". IN TOP RIGHT IS BLACK CIRCLE WITH "POSTES CANADA POST 6 CENTS 18437" WITH ARROWS UNDERNEATH. ACROSS MIDDLE IN BLACK READS IN RECTANGLE "BUSINESS REPLY MAIL NO POSTAGE STAMP NECESSARY IF MAILED IN CANADA" THEN "6C POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY POLAROID COPY SERVICE BOX 333 TORONTO, ONTARIO". FLAP READS "USE THIS ENVELOPE TO ORDER ONLY COLOR COPIES AND ENLARGEMENTS", THEN HAS PRICES. INSIDE FLAP IS ORDER FORM, ON BACK OF ENVELOPE IS "HOW TO ORDER". SOME PEELING ON GLUE AREA. SOME CRUMPLING AND DISCOLORATION OF PAPER. HAS BEEN FOLDED IN HALF. 12. FILM INSTRUCTIONS: 17.2CM (L) X 10.5CM (W). GLOSSY WHITE PAPER EXCEPT FRONT PAGE WHICH IS BLACK. HAS PURPLE, PINK, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, AND BLUE POLKA-DOTS ON FRONT. IS FOLDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS. PAGES ARE NUMBERED WITH 1-4 BEING BLACK AND WHITE TEXT ON LEFT WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS IN CIRCLES ON THE RIGHT. PAGES 5-7 HAVE COLOUR PHOTOS AND BLUE PRINT HEADINGS WITH BLACK TEXT. BACK OF LAST PAGE READS AT BOTTOM "F2914-2A "POLAROID" AND "POLACOLOR"R PRINTED IN U.S.A.". HAS REMNANTS OF MILDEW, PAPER IS CRUMPLED, HAS TEAR ON BOTTOM OF FRONT PAGE, EDGES ARE WORN. 13. SPREADING ROLLER(?): 1.5CM (L) X 2.5CM (D). ALUMINUM PIECE HAS ROUND OUTSIDE WITH A RAISED LIP. TOWARDS MIDDLE IT BECOMES A DEPRESSED CIRCLE WITH A CENTRE THAT IS RAISED ABOVE THE OUTER LIP. ON REVERSE IT LOOKS LIKE A FLAT ROUND SURFACE WHICH HAS A RAISED PIECE IN THE MIDDLE THAT IS HOLLOW ON THE INSIDE. UNDER THE GROOVE OF THE OUTER LIP IS MANY LAYERS OF PAPER THAT HAVE BEEN CUT IN A REPETATIVE JAGGED PATTERN CLOSE TO THE CIRCULAR FLAT SURFACE. HAS SOME SCRATCHES. 14. IDENTICAL TO #13 EXCEPT PAPER IS NOT AS CLOSELY CROPPED. 15. POLAROID CAMERA: 15.5CM (H) X 26.5CM (L) X 4.5CM (W). GREY CAMERA HAS A TEXTURED PLASTIC OUTSIDE WITH SMOOTH PLASTIC TOP AND SILVER STEEL TRIM. IS A ROUNDED RECTANGULAR CUBE IN GENERAL SHAPE. ON BACK LEFT IS RED FILM RELEASE SWITCH. IS A VERTICAL HINGE, THEN A SILVER BUTTON WHICH IS THE PICTURE DOOR LATCH. ON SMOOTH TOP BACK IS OPEN RECTANGLE. ON LEFT IS VIEWFINDER WINDOW THAT READS ABOVE IT "VIEW", ON RIGHT OF THIS IS RANGE-FINDER WINDOW WHICH READS ABOVE IT "RANGE". ON RIGHT SIDE OF CAMERA IS STEEL HINGED CUTTER BAR THAT SWINGS TOWARDS THE BACK. ON BOTTOM IS SMALL OPEN HOLE WITH GROOVES. ON BOTTOM LEFT IS HOOK WITH GREY LEATHER STRAP LOOPED THROUGH. THIS RUNS UP WHERE HOOK ON TOP HAS OTHER SIDE LOOPED THROUGH. EACH SIDE IS BUCKLED THROUGH WITH THREE HOLES IN THE LEATHER. IS A HINGE ON THE LEFT SIDE. ON FRONT LEFT IS A GROOVED LATCH WHICH WHEN PRESSED OPENS THE FRONT DOOR, MATCHING PIECE BESIDE IT ON OTHER SIDE OF CRACK. THIS IS HINGED AND CAN BE PUT DOWN AS A STAND. IS A GREY PLASTIC KNOB IN MIDDLE WHICH TURNS AND IS THE FOCUSING KNOB. TO ITS RIGHT IS AN OPEN GROOVED HOLE AS ON BOTTOM. ON THE RIGHT OF THE CAMERA IS THE LOADING LATCH WHICH OPENS THE BACK OF THE CAMERA WHEN PULLED DOWN. LENS IS BEHIND FRONT DOOR, IS STEEL WITH BLACK LINES AND READS ON IT "POLAROID LAND CAMERA MODEL 150". LENS IS IN MIDDLE AND IS SURROUNDED BY A SLOTTED STEEL RING. ON TOP OF THIS PLATE IS THE EXPOSURE NUMBER WHICH IS RED AND READS "EV" ABOVE. TO ITS LEFT IS THE SHUTTER SETTING DIAL WHICH IS ZIG-ZAGGED AND CHANGES THE EXPOSURE NUMBER BETWEEN "10-17". TO BOTTOM RIGHT OF LENS IS TIME KNOB WHICH READS "B" ON TOP AND "I" BELOW. THIS JUST FLICKS BETWEEN THE TWO. CABLE RELEASE SOCKET IS COVERED BY GREENISH COLOURED ELASTIC. ON BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE DISTANCE METER WHEN FOCUSING KNOB IS TURNED. ON BOTTOM RIGHT OF LENS PLATE IS SHUTTER LEVER WHICH PUSHES DOWN. BEHIND LENS IS ACCORDIAN FOLD BLACK LEATHER PIECE. THIS STRETCHES AS LENS IS PULLED OUT ON TRAY. LENS IS SUPPORTED BY METAL CLIPS THAT ATTACH TO THE BLACK SLIDE RELEASE BUTTON ALONG THE BOTTOM. HAS COVER BRACES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LENS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE CAMERA. WHEN THE PICTURE DOOR LATCH IS OPENED A SHALLOW COMPARTMENT IS REVEALED. IT HAS SIX SIDES. ON DOOR IS YELLOW PRINT WITH THE CAMERA'S PATENT INFORMATION THE NUMBERS ARE "2,435,717; 2,435,720; 2,455,111; D-152,229; 2,504,312; 2,531,936; 2,538,511; 2,543,159 AND OTHERS". WHEN LOADING LATCH IS OPENED THIS PICTURE DOOR OPENS WITH THE REST OF THE DOOR. ON THE RIGHT OF THE AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE IS A ROLLER, THEN TWO STOP PINS, ONE ON TOP OTHER ON BOTTOM OF PLATE. IS THEN A SLOPING CRADLE WITH FOUR GROOVES. ON LEFT OF MAIN BODY IS THE CRADLE FOR THE POSITIVE ROLL OF PAPER. IS DEEP. THEN IS INSIDE COVER WHICH LIFTS UP. UNDERNEATH IS WHERE THE FOLDED LENS COVER IS. ON RIGHT IS ANOTHER CHAMBER WHICH HAS ETCHED ON BOTTOM "G-119917 6" THIS HAS TWO HALF-CIRCLE HOOKS ON EACH SIDE. INSIDE COVER WHEN OPEN HAS THIN BENT PIECE OF METAL, THEN A BUMPED STEEL COVER WITH TWO HOLES IN THE MIDDLE. ON RIGHT IS ROLLER ON CLAMPS. INSIDE OF CAMERA HAS A BLACK FINISH. IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A FEW MINOR SURFACE FLAWS AND DIRT. 16. CASE: 28CM (L) X 28.7CM (W) X 9.5CM (H). BROWN LEATHER CASE HAS YELLOWISH STITCHING AROUND EDGES. READS "POLAROID" ON TOP OF CASE. HAS LEATHER HANDLE STRAP AROUND SIDE OF CASE, HAS TWO LOOPS THAT IT GOES THROUGH AT BOTTOM AND NEAR TOP IS BOLTED ON BOTH SIDES. STRAP HAS BUCKLE WHERE IT IS BOLTED ON THE SIDES. HAS AN ALUMINUM CLASP ON FRONT SIDE. HINGED HOOK FOLDS OVER OPENING AND LOCKS INTO SLOT ON OTHER SIDE. BESIDE SLOT IS A SQUARE BUTTON WHICH SLIDES OVER TO OPEN CLASP. CASE FOLDS OPEN ON TOP ABOUT 4/5 DOWN THE CASE. HAS ALUMINUM BORDER ALONG EDGE. INSIDE IS LIGHT BROWN WITH BURGUNDY TRIM. ON LID HAS CORDUROY POUCH FOR LENS. ON BOTTOM HAS DIAGONAL ELASTIC IN ONE CORNER, IN KITTY-CORNER HAS BURGUNDY LEATHER SQUARE WITH ELASTIC AROUND AND GROOVED HOLDER ON TOP. IS A TRIANGULAR SHAPED LEATHER PIECE WITH PLASTIC SQUARE TRAY ALONG SIDE. LEATHER IS WORN AND DIRTY. HAS SOME CRACKING. SOME STITCHING IS COMING LOOSE ON OUTSIDE. HAS SCRATCHES ON OUTSIDE OF CASE.

Subjects

PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY LETHBRIDGE HERALD. WAS PURCHASED SECOND HAND FROM TOM MCCREADY DRUGS IN THE LATE 1940'S.

Catalogue Number

P19950066001

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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