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Edwin Herbert Land was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 7, 1909. He founded the Polaroid Company in 1937, which produced military related items during World War II. The company's most successful product was the Polaroid Land Camera, introduced in the late 1940's as the first "instant" camera.

Resources in This Category

• Edwin Herbert Land, May 7, 1909-March 1, 1991

  http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/53511.html
  Essay by Victor K. McElheny on the life and work of the inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera.

• Invention of Instant Photography

  http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/instantphoto.htm
  Facts about the invention of instant photography by Edwin Herbert Land in 1947.

• Inventor Edwin Herbert Land

  http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/land.htm
  Brief biographical sketch and reading list.

• Inventor Profile: Edwin Herbert Land

  http://www.invent.org/honor/inductees/inductee-detail/?IID=91
  Biographical information from the Inventors Hall of Fame.

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