Big Shot Polaroid Portrait Land Camera
Manufacturer
Polaroid Corporation
(American, 1937 - 2001)
Date1971-1973
MediumPlastic body and lens with metal components
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 6 × 10 1/4 inches (17.15 × 15.24 × 26.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morton Reeber, Mort's Classic Cameras, LLC
Object number2022.24
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsPrinted on camera recto, above lens, in black outlined text: "BIG SHOT";
Printed on camera verso, behind lens area, in white text: "POLAROID PORTRAIT LAND CAMERA";
Printed on camera verso, above timer, in black text: [directions for operating camera].
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DescriptionVintage Big Shot Polaroid Portrait Land Camera with box and instruction booklet. The camera body is dark gray with a red shutter release and instructions printed on the back above the development timer.ProvenanceMorton Reeber, Mort's Classic Cameras, Weston, MO;
Given by Morton Reeber, Weston, MO to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
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