Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Link to part 2 - Polaroid's downfall: youtu.be/fRfilvlLQRQ

The Polaroid SX-70 was arguably the best instant camera ever made. Elegant, practical, and simple to use, it took the world by storm in the early 1970s. But why was the company that made it called Polaroid, and what series of clunky cameras did it take to get to this point?

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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_H._Land
web.archive.org/web/20160104204731/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/2012/10/03/history-polaroid-and-edwin-land/kCqMiSSmVHQpA7gJDJNQ6K/pictures.html?pg=1&t=100&cp=1#slide-1
web.archive.org/web/20200815201802/https://cambridgehistory.org/innovation/Polaroid.html
youtube.com/watch?v=1KmMQvI5-LE
youtube.com/watch?v=zbmq9R0dtVg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Camera
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eye
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Swinger
dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/when-polaroid-workers-fought-apartheid
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Brownie
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70

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