Dr. Edwin Land of Polaroid Demonstrates His New Invention

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Michael Zhang

The October 27, 1972 issue of LIFE read “A Genius and His Magic Camera: Dr. Edwin Land of Polaroid demonstrates his new invention”. The invention was the Polaroid SX-70 instant camera.

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