YearrooWhen did the Polaroid instant camera go on sale?
194820th century · 1900s
The Polaroid instant camera goes on sale.
Pictures developed in about a minute.
1948
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Around the same time
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- When was Anne Frank's diary first published?1947
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- When was the Roswell UFO incident?1947
- When was Britain's National Health Service founded?1948
- When was NATO founded?1949
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