Eastman Kodak Company History
In 1888, George Eastman introduced the first camera to consumers with the slogan "you press the button, we do the rest." This was the "birth of snapshot photography as millions of amateur picture-takers know it today." Eastman used advertising to allow his camera and company to gain popularity, which was achieved quickly. He made the process of photography easy, when it had previously been difficult. Anyone could be a photographer! More History...
Eastman Kodak's Time Line
1884 - Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company was formed and Eastman Negative Paper was introduced
1885 - Eastman American Film was introduced
1888 - The name "Kodak" was born and the Kodak Camera was placed on the market.
1895 - The Pocket Kodak Camera was announced.
1900 - Brownie Cameras selling for only $1 and used film which sold for 15 cents a roll were introduced. This made photography affordable for almost everyone.
1901 - Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey was formed with George Eastman as president.
1902 - The Kodak Developing Machine simplified the processing of roll film and made it possible to develop film without a darkroom.
1913 - The introduction of Eastman Portrait Film began a transition to the use of sheet film instead of glass plates for professional photographers.
1929 - The company introduced its first motion picture film designed especially for making sound motion pictures.
1932 - George Eastman died.
1935 - Kodachrome Film was introduced and became the first commercially successful amateur color film for motion pictures.
1951 - The low-priced Brownie 8 mm Movie Camera was introduced.
1954 - KODAK TRI-X Film, a high-speed black-and-white film, was introduced.
1961 - The company introduced the first in its line of Kodak Carousel Projectors.
1962 - The company's U.S. consolidated sales exceeded $1 billion for the first time and worldwide employment passed the 75,000 mark.
1966 - "The photograph of the century," a close-up of the crater Copernicus on the moon, was made by Lunar Orbiter II, using a dual-lens camera, film , processor, and readout device supplied by Kodak.
1981 - Company sales surpassed the $10 billion mark.
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