Title: Polaroid Corporation records.
Authors: Polaroid Corporation
Year: 1930
Subjects: Land, Edwin H.,; Polaroid Corporation; Camera industry; Cameras; Color photography; Instant photography; Photographic industry; Photography; Photographic chemistry; Photographers; Collection of photographs.
Abstract: This series of the Polaroid Corporation records document the progression of the photographic processes and film research and development efforts of the Polaroid Corporation beginning in the late 1930s and ending in the 1980s. It contains nearly 227,000 photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies. The materials in the collection are not only the direct output of the continuously evolving research efforts of the lab personnel and engineers at Polaroid, but also to achieve its efforts to develop and perfect the first black and white instant photography and later color photography, the company enlisted its staff and both amateur and professional photographers to take photographs to test their products, such as film, as it moved out of research and development and eventually into the hands of consumers. The end result of these efforts is a rich collection of materials that not only documents the history of the Polaroid Corporation, but also provides insight into how the organization utilized amateur and professional photographers to simultaneously test and promote their products.