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Who Was George Eastman?
In , George Eastman opened the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company.
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His first camera, the Kodak, was sold in and consisted of a box camera with exposures. Later he offered the first Brownie camera, which was intended for children. By , Eastman Kodak was the largest U.S. company in the industry.
Eastman committed suicide in
Early Life and Education
Named after his father George Washington Eastman, George Eastman was born on July 12, , in Waterville, New York.
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George Sr. had started a small business school, Eastman Commercial College, in Rochester, where he moved the family in 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
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 office boy for insurance companies and studied