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   George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the ...

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3. www.biography.com › inventors › george-eastmanGeorge Eastman - Invention, Kodak & Photography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · George Eastman invented the Kodak camera, helping make photography accessible to the public. His company remains one of the largest in the industry. Updated: Jun 22, 2020 (1854-1932)

4. www.eastman.org › about-george-eastmanAbout George Eastman | George Eastman Museum

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   George Eastman Museum, gift of Eastman Kodak Company. George Eastman was an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. George Eastman was born in 1854 in Waterville, New York, the same year that his father, George Washington Eastman, established Eastman’s Commercial College in Rochester.

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   Who was George Eastman?

   • George Eastman Museum, gift of Eastman Kodak Company. George Eastman was an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. George Eastman was born in 1854 in Waterville, New York, the same year that his father, George Washington Eastman, established Eastman’s Commercial College in Rochester.

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   When did George Eastman make a camera?

   • In 1880, George Eastman opened the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company. His first camera, the Kodak, was sold in 1888 and consisted of a box camera with 100 exposures. Later he offered the first Brownie camera, which was intended for children. By 1927, Eastman Kodak was the largest U.S. company in the industry. Eastman committed suicide in 1932.

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   How did George Eastman revolutionize photography?

   • How George Eastman Revolutionized Photography In 1888, inventor George Eastman invented a game-changing kind of dry, transparent, flexible photographic film that came in a roll. The film was designed for use in Eastman's newly designed, user-friendly Kodak cameras.

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   Why did George Eastman change his name to Kodak?

   • Inventor George Eastman received a patent (number 388,850) for the camera’s shutter and the trademark (number 15,825) for the Kodak name on September 4, 1888. The immediate triumph of the camera prompted Eastman to change the name of his company from Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company to Eastman Kodak Company in 1892.

   From the Camera Obscura to the Revolutionary Kodak

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6. www.kodak.com › en › companyGeorge Eastman | Kodak

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   Eastman introduced the Kodak camera in 1888. Thanks to his inventive genius, anyone could now take pictures with a handheld camera simply by pressing a button. He coined the slogan, "you press the button, we do the rest," and within a year it became a well-known phrase.

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7. www.thoughtco.com › george-eastman-history-ofGeorge Eastman and the Kodak Camera - ThoughtCo

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   George Eastman was an avid photographer who became the founder of the Eastman Kodak company. Eastman wanted to simplify photography to make it available to everyone, not just trained photographers. In 1883, Eastman announced the invention of a new kind of film that came in rolls. Eastman was also one of the first American industrialists to ...

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9. www.eastman.org › camera-obscura-revolutionary-kodakFrom the Camera Obscura to the ... - George Eastman Museum

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   Inventor George Eastman received a patent (number 388,850) for the camera’s shutter and the trademark (number 15,825) for the Kodak name on September 4, 1888. The immediate triumph of the camera prompted Eastman to change the name of his company from Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company to Eastman Kodak Company in 1892.

10. www.pbs.org › features › george-eastmanGeorge Eastman | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

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    Read about Eastman's entrepreneurial endeavors, photography inventions, financial contributions, retirement and final years. ... George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York ...