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George Eastman
(1854-1932)
Who Was George Eastman?
In 1880, George Eastman opened the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company.
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His first camera, the Kodak, was sold in 1888 and consisted of a box camera with 100 exposures. Later he offered the first Brownie camera, which was intended for children. By 1927, Eastman Kodak was the largest U.S. company in the industry.
Eastman committed suicide in 1932.
Early Life and Education
Named after his father George Washington Eastman, George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York. George Sr. had started a small business school, Eastman Commercial College, in Rochester, where he moved the family in 1860.
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But he died suddenly when Eastman was eight. One of young Eastman's two older sisters was wheelchair-bound from polio and died when Eastman was 16.
Eastman's mother, Mary, took in boarders to support the family, and Eastman dropped out of high school at age 14 to add to the family income.
He began as a messenger and off