George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, ... but Eastman was hooked on photography. ... These experiments resulted in a formula for gelatin-based paper film and a machine for coating dry plates.

The company would develop the film, make prints ... Somewhat of an enigma, George Eastman moved the photography world ahead with amazing inventions. He was a philanthropist, second only to ...

Inventor, philanthropist, and the founder of Eastman Kodak Company, George Eastman is heralded as the father of popular photography and inventor of motion-picture film. George Eastman was one of the ...

Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce produces first permanent photograph of a view from nature. Uses the photosensitivity of bitumen of Judea. January: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot presents to the ...

Located in Rochester, this facility is the world's oldest museum of photography and one of the oldest film archives. It is housed within the former estate of George Eastman, a photography and film ...