Maureen Taylor

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, I’ve been thinking about another milestone—the Bicentennial of 1976.

In my mind, that celebration is forever linked to Polaroid photographs.

Last week, I wrote about the

Polaroid pictures are probably tucked somewhere in your twentieth-century photo collection.

The Polaroid Corporation changed photography forever when Edwin Land introduced the first commercial instant camera in 1948. Those earliest instant pictures were black-and-white, and part of the appeal was the pure magic of seeing the image appear while you watched. Take ...