In New York City, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Land" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edwin Land">Edwin Land</a> demonstrates the first "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_camera" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Instant camera">instant camera</a>", the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Land_Camera" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Polaroid Land Camera">Polaroid Land Camera</a>, to a meeting of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Society_of_America" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Optical Society of America">Optical Society of America</a>.