Peter Kline
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As a child of the 50s Polaroid's bankruptcy filing is sad news. Polaroid was a company that did the "impossible". It was founded by Edwin H. Land in the 30s. The first Land camera was introduced in 1949 and went on sale the next year. I became a "fan" of the company from the day my uncle bought me a Polaroid camera when I was 10 years old. Then the film was just black and white (and before that sepia) and you opened the back of the camera after one minute and peeled the print out. Next you had to coat it with a gooey stick that had that unmistable vinegary smell of "hypo". Eventually the company developed color film. The peak of their success was the SX 70 Camera and intergral color film unveiled in 1972. It was one of the great inventions of the 20th Century. The company has many great assets and patents. A new printing method for color and black and white images was shown several months ago and has great promise and somebody will surely pick it up for marketing.
For a fascinating history and information on the company go to my friend Marty Kuhn's site:
http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm
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For a fascinating history and information on the company go to my friend Marty Kuhn's site:
http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm
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