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1965

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1972

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Drawing, Box Camera #5811, Built-In Flash

This is a Drawing. It was created by Henry Dreyfuss Associates and made for (as the client) Polaroid Corporation. It is dated May 12, 1965 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is graphite on tracing tissue. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henry Dreyfuss. It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.

Its dimensions are

33 x 48.2 cm (13 x 19 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower right: PRELIMINARY / DISPLAY FILE.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: TRANSPARENT FLASH SHIELD; upper center: FLASH ELEVATING BUTTON; right center: CAMERA OPENING / FORCES REFLECTOR / LEAVES CLOSED; lower center: REF: SEE HD 13-6; lower right: BOX CAMERA #5811 / BUILT-IN FLASH / CP ND 5-12-65 NONE 13-57. Printed in black ink, lower right: NO. CHANGE DATE NO. ISSUED TO DATE / CLIENT / TITLE / HENRY DREYFUSS / NEW YORK – 4 WEST 58TH STREET, NEW YORK 19 / CALIFORNIA – 500 COLUMBIA STREET, SOUTH PASADENA / DRAWN APPROVED DATE SCALE DRAWING NO.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Box Camera #5811, Built-In Flash; Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); Client: Polaroid Corporation (United States); USA; graphite on tracing tissue; 33 x 48.2 cm (13 x 19 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-356

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