Polaroid Land Camera Light Switch Cover

Description

From the pages of a 1970's magazine, this light switch cover is made from an original advertisement for the Poloroid Land Camera Automatic 810.

Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography. In 1932 he established the Land-Wheelwright Laboratories together with his Harvard physics instructor to commercialize his polarizing technology. After a few early successes developing polarizing filters for sunglasses and photographic filters, Land obtained funding from a series of Wall Street investors for further expansion. The company was renamed the Polaroid Corporation in 1937. Land further developed and produced the sheet polarizers under the Polaroid trademark. In 1947, Land demonstrated an instant camera and associated film. Called the Land Camera, it was in commercial sale less than two years later.

Measuring 3 1/4" X 5", this light switch cover is coated with several layers of poly for durabiltiy and easy clean-up.

Added on Aug 16, 2009