Instant camera Polaroid Swinger Model 20

Instant camera Polaroid Swinger Model 20 is held by Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum. Museum description: The Polaroid Swinger Model 20 instant camera was developed for type 20 roll film in the mid-1960s for the mass market.

It has a white plastic housing with a thick, beveled rear panel. Toward the front is a tapered block carrying the face with shutter release, lens, and flash. Photographing worked as follows: the 8-exposure film is inserted, pulled forward, and threaded into the slot at the blue button; then the exposure is made, followed by waiting 10–15 seconds, pressing the blue button, and tearing the film off at the edge; then quickly peeling the picture from the negative and coating it with a small coater sponge.

Ag 1 flashbulbs are required for the flash. The camera is somewhat dirty for its age. A white, smooth surface like this does not stay that way for long. The museum record gives measurements L: 150 mm B: 125 mm H: 125. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.