Instant photographs produced by a Polaroid camera that develop within seconds after being taken.
From 'Polaroid,' a brand name created from 'polar' (referring to light polarization, the technology behind the camera) plus '-oid' (resembling). Trademarked in 1948.
Polaroid cameras were literally magical to people in the 1960s—watching a photo develop in your hands in under a minute seemed like actual witchcraft compared to waiting days for film development!
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