box for flashgun for Polaroid instant cameras
Date: 1965-1976
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0209b
Classification: Camera Accessories
Subject:
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
box: 11.6 × 13.9 × 7.8 cm (4 9/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.)
blue board box: 10.5 × 57 × 39.5 cm (4 1/8 × 22 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Accessories: instruction sheet; spring-loaded rod
Description:
This is a flashgun model #280, which was used with Polaroid cameras model 180. It is a clip-on device, made for AG-1 flash bulbs and 100-series peel-apart packfilm.
According to the Land List, "The interesting part about this flash is that a spring-loaded rod presses against the camera body (the back part of the camera) so that the flashbulb socket moves in and out of the reflector as the camera is focused, thus altering the dispersion of the light depending on the distance to the subject."
The two alcaline batteries were removed and discarded owing to deterioration. It is in its original packaging.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
According to the Land List, "The interesting part about this flash is that a spring-loaded rod presses against the camera body (the back part of the camera) so that the flashbulb socket moves in and out of the reflector as the camera is focused, thus altering the dispersion of the light depending on the distance to the subject."
The two alcaline batteries were removed and discarded owing to deterioration. It is in its original packaging.
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
In Collection(s)
Signedon box and flashgun: POLAROID
Curatorial RemarksStored with flash gun "a". 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.