On November 26, 1948, the first “Land Camera”—better known
today as the instant Polaroid camera—went on sale at Jordan
Marsh department store in Boston for $89.75.

The invention of Edwin H. Land, who had enrolled at Harvard
to study physics in 1926, but dropped out to conduct his own
research, becomes an instant hit and sells out within minutes
that first day.

The camera, dubbed Model 95A, debuted the technology of
instant photography decades before modern digital photos.

Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991)       
        
        
       

Now, retro-style Polaroid cameras are made and sold
today, for people who love the nostalgic feel of instant-
yet-still-physical photography that pre-dates the internet
and cell phone era.

TIM MAGUIRE

The so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the
United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars
in damages, on November 25, 1950.

Also known as the “Appalachian Storm,” it dumped record
amounts of snow in parts of the Appalachian Mountains.

Forming over North Carolina just before Thanksgiving, the
storm quickly moved north, striking western Pennsylvania,
eastern Ohio and West Virginia.

A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from 
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State.

He had $200,000 in ransom money in his possession. His brazen
crime still stands as one of the most mysterious in history.

Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb.

(L to R) Captain William Scott; First officer/copilot Robert Rataczak; flight attendant Tina Mucklow; and second
officer Harold Anderson are shown here at a news
conference in Reno, Nevada, after the arrival of Flight
305 to Reno International Airport.     
    
    
    
    
FBI Special Agent Larry Carr.

Northwest Orient Flight 305’s 727 seen in the light of day.

                           
TIM MAGUIRE