Logo of Polaroid
The Polaroid company is an American manufacturer of cameras and photography technology. [1]
Polaroid Camera[]
An earlier example of a Polaroid camera
One of the notable inventions and innovations done by the company was the creation of the instant camera, which creates the picture in a few moments after taking the picture. This, also, created a slang for a fast picture called the "polaroid".
In 1988, Harvey Dolan, a principal maintenance inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration, took pictures of the aircraft wreckage that Dirk Pitt used to show Phillip Devine.