{"id":29636,"date":"2024-09-17T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=29636"},"modified":"2024-09-14T23:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T03:53:24","slug":"land-o-goshen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/land-o-goshen\/","title":{"rendered":"Land o’ goshen …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Land presenting the Polavision home movie system, 1977 – from the \u00a0Wikipedia article linked in this post<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. … is an expression of mild \u00a0amazement<\/a> from my youth. The expression came to mind when I saw notice of Edwin (Herbert) Land<\/a>‘s death in issue 17-1 (May\/June 1991) of our journal.<\/p>\n

Ev, who was editor at the time , mentioned that inventor Land lived from 1909 to 1991. In his column, Editor’s Notebook<\/em>, he mentions that, “Polaroid was a name coined by a friend [of Land’s] in 1934 to describe Edwin Land’s first product, a synthetic polarizing material which proved suitable for sunglasses, gun sights and similar uses, that he had researched while a student at Harvard.<\/p>\n

“It is really the name of a company, but is now synonymous with Instant Photography. It is interesting to note that the inventor had considered the name Epibolipol. How fortunate it was abandoned!”<\/p>\n

Ev continues the story which members read (and can read now on the pdf version). The PHSC DVD contains volumes 1-40 of our journal, with each issue in searchable pdf format. You can join the PHSC following either ‘MEMBERSHIP’ above or ‘Membership – Join or Renew’ at the right. Questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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