box for close-up kit for Polaroid instant cameras
Date: 1971-1974
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0130b
Classification: Camera Accessories
Subject:
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
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Dimensions:
11 × 11 × 6.1 cm (4 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
blue board storage box: 10.5 × 56.6 × 39.5 cm (4 1/8 × 22 5/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Description:
This kit #563 is a special attachment used to make close-ups pictures with some of the Polaroid instant cameras, specifically the 250, 350, and 450 models (equipped with a Zeiss rangefinder). The kit includes a close-up lens, distance- and parallax-compensating "goggles" for the camera's rangefinder and viewfinder, and two flash diffusers for #490 flashgun (one for B&W close-ups and another for B&W portraits and color close-ups).
This kit is identical to the model #473 kit, except for the flash diffusers model numbers. It is in its original packaging.
This accessory is described in the very useful Land List website.
This kit is identical to the model #473 kit, except for the flash diffusers model numbers. It is in its original packaging.
This accessory is described in the very useful Land List website.
In Collection(s)
Signedon kit's parts and box: POLAROID
Curatorial RemarksStored with accesories which are encapsulated in Escal. SMS 1/30/2019
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.