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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream.
George Eastman was an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. George Eastman was born in 1854 in Waterville, New York, the same year that his father, George Washington Eastman, established Eastman’s Commercial College in Rochester.
He was George Eastman, and his ability to overcome financial adversity, his gift for organization and management, and his lively and inventive mind made him a successful entrepreneur by his mid-twenties, and enabled him to direct his Eastman Kodak Company to the forefront of American industry.
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York.
George Eastman was among the first to demonstrate the great convenience of gelatin dry plates over the cumbersome wet plate process. Dry plates could be exposed and then brought...
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.
Jan 24, 2018 · The Beginnings. GE was born July 12, 1854, to Maria Kilbourn Eastman and George Washington Eastman, a successful fruit farmer in (far) upstate Waterville, New York. The senior Eastman also operated a business school in much-bigger Rochester which grew into a chain of schools teaching penmanship, accounting, and other business skills.
Written by David Lindsay. Eastman the Entrepreneur. George Eastman's major historical importance was as a business entrepreneur. He built a new and rapidly growing multinational corporation...
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.
Doesn’t it seem as if most great stories of successful men and women begin with, “they were poor and not especially bright”? George Eastman is no exception. He was born to Maria Kilbourn and George Washington Eastman on July 12, 1854 in the Waterville village in upstate New York.
