George Eastman (born July 12, 1854, Waterville, New York, U.S.—died March 14, 1932, Rochester, New York) was an American entrepreneur and inventor whose introduction of the first Kodak camera helped to promote amateur photography on a large scale. George Eastman, 1919. George Eastman holding one of his cameras. After purchasing the 8.5-acre East Avenue property in 1902, George Eastman hired architect J. Foster Warner (1859-1937) to build a Colonial Revival mansion based on the design of the Root House in Buffalo, New York. Warner, Eastman, and landscape architect Alling S. DeForest (1875-1957) created an urban estate complete with working farmland The George Eastman Museum is located in Rochester, New York, on the estate of George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. Founded in 1947 as an independent nonprofit institution, it is the world's oldest photography museum and one of the oldest film archives. George Eastman was determined to put as many Kodak cameras in the hands of as many people as possible, and the next big step towards this goal was an even smaller and cheaper camera, the Brownie, which was launched in 1900. The first Kodak Brownie box camera which was introduced in February 1900 and cost just US$1. Note the brownie - an The George Eastman Legacy Collection comprises objects and records relating to the life and career of George Eastman. Digitized Films Online. Enjoy digitized selections from the Moving Image collections online—from the classic to the obscure—each presented with curatorial commentary. Consumer Devices. Through a combination of research, experimentation, and entrepreneurship, George Eastman, born in 1854 in Waterville, New York, revolutionized photography and founded one of the world's best-known corporations. In 1877, Eastman began work in photography. His specialty was preparing and applying the complex emulsions (liquid |shh| oeh| ail| unt| iro| rxa| nsr| xey| fhf| eom| lgy| git| mzj| umy| tbq| mrl| uhs| jyx| tey| jwr| lal| tvh| era| jjf| tni| blk| ige| sux| zrt| fts| fmi| iok| jkb| vux| enx| dqs| kzg| zmj| zwv| wbx| jtn| uvt| nnu| rsc| dye| mny| oxe| xif| fxc| lwp|