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Small Instant Prints - What are these?

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Going through my dad's old photos and keep coming across several small black and white instant (?) prints -- 2.5 x 3.25 inches with a black backing. Anyone know what these are?
 

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We probably need more information, but just guessing, could it be a Polaroid Swinger that took 20-series film?
 
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yup, polaroid... in the peel-apart days. you pulled a tab, that produce a larger tab that you pulled which spread the developer gloop across the exposed print. you waited a minute or so, (longer in the cold), peeled off the print - what you see. voila' - magic!
 
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