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Edwin H. Land left Havard after freshmen year to work on light polarization.
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Land create the first synthetic sheet polarizer
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Land created a new company to continue with the creating and researching of the synthetic sheet polarizers. He started this new company with his previous professor, George Wheelwright.
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Made in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
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Started working on products for the war *Ended production in 1944
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Land demonstrates the one-step process of producing finished photographs within one minute at
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The Model 95 was sold in Boston at Jordan Marsh department store for $89.75
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Polaroid Positive/Negative 4x5" film Type 55 is introduced, the first black and white film that produces both a
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Polaroid introduces Polacolor, as instant color film is invented.
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It was the first automatic, motorized, folding, single-lens reflex camera which makes selfdeveloping instant color prints, is introduced.
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Land was awarded his 500th patent with the OneStep Land camera
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It was an instant color motion picture system
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It was a faster-developing film, replacing SX-70 film.
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Land retires as CEO, and becomes Consulting Director of Basic Research in Land Photography.
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Polaroid Sun 600 System cameras and Type 600 color film are released.
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Captiva camera and film system, an ultra-compact format designed for instant portraits is introduced.
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Digital camera sales make Polaroid the number one digital camera seller in the United States. Introduction of the I-zone, JoyCam, and PopShots cameras and films is successful.
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Polaroid Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring on October 12.
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Polaroid Corporation is purchased by One Equity Partners, creating a new company that now operates under the Polaroid Corporation name, thereby launching a new era for Polaroid.
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The modern polaroid is much easier to manage and to hold. The first polaroid was so big and complex and now they are just handheld and very simplistic.
