| The history of Kodak all started when in the 1870s, | | | | 1898 - With its vision of bringing photography to |
| 24-year old George Eastman was planning a vacation | | | | more people at the lowest possible price, Kodak |
| from his job in Rochester, New York as a bank clerk. | | | | developed the Folding Pocket Kodak Camera. This is |
| A co-worker suggested that he make photos of his | | | | the father of modern roll-film cameras. The Brownie |
| vacation and he found out that to do some | | | | camera was introduced at $1 each and films at 15 |
| photography, one has to carry a bulky load of | | | | cents per roll. |
| camera, wet-plate developing chemicals, and other | | | | 1923 - Kodak introduced Kodacolor motion picture |
| stuff. | | | | films, cameras and projectors and sold them at |
| It was only after three years that he developed a | | | | affordable prices. The company provided the U.S. |
| dry glass plate to his satisfaction. He got a U.S. | | | | government with aerial cameras and trained U.S. |
| patent for several contraptions he developed and | | | | Signal Corps cameramen during World War 1. |
| started manufacturing these in 1880. A year later, | | | | 1963 - Kodak introduced the Instamatic camera. It |
| joined by a businessman, he went full time with the | | | | revolutionized amateur photography and became |
| photography business and left his job at the bank. | | | | such a big hit as these are affordable and easy to |
| Here are the Important Developments in the History | | | | use. |
| of Photography and the Evolution of the Modern | | | | 1970s - Kodak was involved in several antitrust suits |
| Camera | | | | filed against the company by smaller photography |
| 1880 - George Eastman, founder of Kodak sold dry | | | | companies. It also got into head-on collision with |
| plates | | | | another company that manufactures and sells instant |
| 1884 - Eastman Dry Plate and Film company was | | | | photography that develops pictures outside the |
| formed. Henry A. Strong, a businessman who joined | | | | camera in minutes-Polaroid. This long-drawn battle |
| Eastman two years earlier was President and | | | | between two giants in the photography business |
| Eastman as General Manager and Treasurer. | | | | finally ended with Kodak paying a settlement of $925 |
| 1888 - "Kodak" was born as a trademark. The first | | | | million to Polaroid. |
| portable camera was introduced, and signaled the | | | | Over the years, Eastman Kodak further contributed |
| birth of snapshot photography. Kodak then was | | | | to the development of photography. It also branched |
| known with its highly advertised slogan, "You push | | | | out to other industries such as chemical |
| the button, we do the rest." | | | | manufacturing, supplying necessary supplies to the |
| 1892 - The company name was changed to Eastman | | | | U.S. Defense hardware manufacturing requirements |
| Kodak Company of New York. By this time, Kodak | | | | and in the field of medicine, Kodak printers and |
| products have reached distribution outside United | | | | Kodak ink cartridges. |
| States, particularly in France, Germany, and Italy with | | | | Up to this point in history where digital imaging |
| its headquarters in London and a manufacturing plant | | | | systems dominate the world of photography, Kodak, |
| outside London. | | | | remains a force and brand to reckon with. |