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George Eastman and the Eastman Kodak Company brought photography to everyone. Before his innovations, photography was cumbersome, requiring heavy, fragile equipment and an array of chemicals used to ...
The company’s name has become synonymous with a failure to adapt to the digital revolution. But overseas, its logo has become ...
The dream originated in the brain of the gentleman in the above photo, George Eastman (1854-1932). He was the founder of Eastman Kodak, and he didn’t just start one of the most important companies in ...
George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York. ... On February 29, 1912, Frank Lovejoy, then the general manager of Eastman Kodak, wrote George Eastman, ...
The Kodak brand is far from what it once was, with its name licensed for a wide range of products well beyond cameras and ...
George Eastman’s philanthropy to Black schools in the South was unmatched, ... Eastman Kodak was long ago surpassed as the top local employer by the University of Rochester, ...
Kodak camera, serial #6 Eastman Dry Plate & Film Company, Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1887. George Eastman ordered six sample cameras from Brownell Manufacturing in November 1887 for testing purposes.
When world-renowned Kodak inventor George Eastman invited a small group of close friends to his home on March 14, 1932; he wanted them to witness the rewriting of a new will.
Yesterday marked the 156th anniversary of George Eastman's birth — July 12, 1854. At George Eastman House we celebrate Eastman's legacy in imaging and philanthropy every day. But his birthday is ...
The museum’s namesake, George Eastman, founded the Eastman Kodak company at the turn of the 20th century and revolutionized photographic film in 1888 in a way that made photography accessible to ...
Today we think nothing of taking a photograph. Devices that fit in the palm of a hand now allow much of the world’s population to snap a picture. By some estimates, almost 5 billion photos are taken ...
George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York. His father, George Washington Eastman, ran a business school where he taught bookkeeping and penmanship, but had to work a second ...