Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Retro-Wednesday.....





And yet another relic from the past...Gone by the wayside.

The Poloroid Land Camera. Circa 1974. Complete with Flash Bars!

"It's more than a camera, it's Almost Alive!

It's only Nineteen Dollars and Ninety-Five"......

Peace...!!!

24 comments:

Cloudia said...

I loved mine - today's digital is like a George Jetson dream!




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Ms Hen's said...

I remember those when they came out.. lol.. the flash would turn black after it was used.

javajazz said...

what, no flashcubes?

Serena said...

I had one of those when I was, like, 10. I'm really glad my digital camera doesn't have those icky flash things. And you still have this why?:)

inappropriatesue said...

I loved Polaroids. I'm still heartbroken that they stopped making them last year. They were great fun to use :) I swear, seeing old yellowed polaroid pictures makes me think of childhood.

clean and crazy said...

i have one of those!! it was grandmas!!

Cazzie!!! said...

So, how much is the film that goes inside it? LOL, I bet that is expensive.
I remember my dad had one of those polaroids..and I loved the fact that the pics came out instantly..and like magic the photo appeared before your very eyes :)

Dulçe ♥ said...

I'll send you my address before anyone else gets interested. I hope it's for sale!!!! Nothing like the first technologies... they never break!!
(LOL)

JStar said...

LOL oh I remember those...I loved mine :) Instant pics...

Shadow said...

ha, that's old. i've got one too from my dad, where the flash is this round silver things that you have to fan out into a circle? nope, digital's much easier.

the walking man said...

To think that way back when these things used to be the cutting edge. We are like our grandparents having gone from horse and buggy to flights to the moon old man.

Brian Miller said...

i love polaroids. just something about the grainy already framed look...

snowelf said...

I remember thinking that the flash bars were the coolest things ever. I now understand why there are so few pictures from long ago and how cherished they are.

I'd never trade my digital now though. ;)

--snow

Akelamalu said...

MWM and I used to have so much fun with our Polaroid! ;)

Jessie said...

i loved the polaroid cameras!!!

buffalodick said...

My Dad loved the latest gizmos- we had one of the first to come out, and it was a lot more than 20 bucks! Made of metal and leather, it was a wonder for it's time...

The Rogue Kitchen Witch said...

Shake it like a polaroid picture G-Daddy!

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Nessa said...

I have a very old Polaroid camera from an Aunt circa 1960. Hard an unopened film, too.

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secret agent woman said...

I got a Kodak instamatic about the same year, with flashcubes.

lime said...

flash cubes! wow, i haven't thought about them for a long time!

Roxi said...

wow.. I think that one survived the arc and subsequent flooding.

Lulda Casadaga said...

And isn't polaroid going to stop making film for those cameras. Now it's truly a relic! :/

SandyCarlson said...

I remember those flash bars. And I remember when Gram bought a Polaroid. She scared us!

prashant said...

the flash would turn black after it was used.

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