Eastman Kodak is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of imaging products and services. The corporate headquarters of the company is located in Rochester, New York.
In 1880 George Eastman launched his dry plate business. He established the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company in 1884. At that time European interest in photography was keen, but its practice was limited to professionals.
In 1888 the name Kodak was first registered as a trademark. According to Eastman Kodak, K was George Eastman’s favorite letter. Eastman tried to make words than began and ended with the word Kodak came out.
Since that year, the Eastman Kodak Company has created an abundance of products and processes to make photography ‘as convenient as a pencil.’ It became the absolute world leader in photographic film and one of the leading camera manufacturers.
Eastman early recognized the potentialities of the world market. Only five years after the company was established in the United States, a sales office was opened in London.
Eastman Kodak claims the distinction of being the oldest sponsor in modern Olympics history. The company was only sixteen years old when it took the first photos of the 1896 Athens Games.
In 1929, the company introduced its first motion picture film designed especially for making the then new sound motion pictures.
Early History of Eastman Kodak
