Instant photo inventor Polaroid files for bankruptcy

December 19, 2008 Polaroid products at a polaroid plant

Polaroid products at a polaroid plant. Polaroid Corp., the iconic inventor of the instant photo camera, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday amid a fraud probe into its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide.

Polaroid Corp., the iconic inventor of the instant photo camera, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday amid a fraud probe into its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide.

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