Kodak camera, serial #6 Eastman Dry Plate & Film Company, Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1887. George Eastman ordered six sample cameras from Brownell Manufacturing in November 1887 for testing purposes.

By some estimates, almost 5 billion photos are taken per day. George Eastman would be envious, but he would also be proud. He is, in no small way, responsible for making photography possible for ...

Just over 125 years ago, George Eastman patented the very first of the Kodak cameras, the Kodak Box.Soon after, a slightly improved version called the Kodak No. 1 was released, and it brought ...

Yesterday, Kodak exited bankruptcy, and the world of consumer products, in order to protect what remains of the once megalithic company.It seems a sad coincidence that exactly 125 years ago, George ...

In 1888, George Eastman patented the original box camera and trademarked a brand that would revolutionize the field of photography. The Kodak No. 1 was one of the first mass market-focused cameras ...

Eastman once said he wanted "to make the camera as convenient as the pencil" - and Kodak have lived up to that legacy. We've taken a look back to the 1800s to see how Kodak cameras have changed ...

THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM in Rochester, New York, is, like most museums, full of historically significant and wonderfully nerdy objects. The museum’s namesake, George Eastman, founded the ...

Kodak owns patents that cover a number of basic functions in many smartphone cameras. The company picked up $27 million in patent-licensing fees in the first half of 2011.

When George Eastman Kodak was born, his parents’ joy was boundless, especially his wealthy father, a successful farmer and the founder of the renowned "Eastman Commercial College" in the 1840s.

Kodak has been struggling in the age of digital cameras and camera phones, laying off 47,000 employees since 2003. Issued on: 19/01/2012 - 08:42 Modified: 19/01/2012 - 21:17 By: ...

Today we think nothing of taking a photograph. Devices that fit in the palm of a hand now allow much of the world’s population to snap a picture. By some estimates, almost 5 billion photos are taken ...