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George Eastman: A Biography [Reprint ed.] 1580462472
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GEORGE EASTMAN
GEORGE
EASTMAN A BIOGRAPHY Elizabeth Brayer
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Rochester Press
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George Eastman: A Biography © 1996 The Johns Hopkins University Press 1996 by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Kodak
American photographic and film company
Not to be confused with Kodiak.
For the company that owns the surviving photographic assets, based in Hertfordshire, UK, see Kodak Alaris. For other uses, see Kodak (disambiguation).
The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated in New Jersey.[2] It is best known for photographic film products, which it brought to a mass market for the first time.[3]
Kodak began as a partnership between George Eastman and Henry A. Strong to develop a film roll camera. After the release of the Kodak camera, Eastman Kodak was incorporated on May 23, 1892.[4] Under Eastman's direction, the company became one of the world's largest film and camera manufacturers, and also developed a model of welfare capitalism and a close relationship with the city of Rochester. During most of the 20th century, Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and produced a number of technological innovations through heavy investment in research and development at Kodak Research Laboratories.[6][7] Kodak pro