Tried to wash today but the clothes dryer broke. I bought David Wayne a globe and also a photo album to put all our pictures in.
I'm sure the photo album Mom bought today was the older of the two albums that contain the Los Angeles photos. It says it's specifically for holding Polaroid Land prints.
What are Polaroid Land prints? Prints from a Polaroid Land camera. What's a Polaroid Land camera? Cameras manufactured by Polaroid between 1947 and 1983. Why were they called Land cameras? They were named after Edwin Land. Who was Edwin Land, and why are you dragging this out? Ok, ok. Edwin Land was the founder of Polaroid Corporation (1937) and he invented the Land camera. Polaroid dropped the name "Land" from their cameras after Edwin Land retired in 1982 after spending over 40 years as the chief executive of the company. (Read his bio on Wikipedia. He was quite the scientist/inventor/visionary.)
Fun Facts: Edwin Land founded Polaroid after attending Harvard for one year. Bill Gates founded Microsoft after attending Harvard for two years. Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook shortly before dropping out of Harvard during his sophomore year.
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