Polaroid Land Camera Model 95

The Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, unfolded on its bellows with the brown leatherette case open behind it. This is where instant photography started. It went on sale at Jordan Marsh in Boston on Black Friday, November 26, 1948, for $89.75, and all 56 cameras in the store sold out that day. Until then, every photograph meant a wait for the darkroom or the drugstore; with this one, the print was ready about a minute after you pressed the shutter. It is a bulky thing by later standards, and its original roll film is long gone, so today it is a camera to admire rather than to load.