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Eastman Kodak Company

Also Known As Kodak
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An American public corporation founded on 23 May 1892 by George Eastman in partnership with Henry A. Strong, best known for bringing photographic film to a mass consumer market for the first time. Kodak dominated the film photography industry through most of the twentieth century, and its own engineer, Steven Sasson, built the first self-contained electronic digital camera at the company in 1975.

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Founding Year
1892 1
Headquarters
Kodak Tower, Rochester, New York, United States 1
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Active 1
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George Eastman, Figures

George Eastman founded the company in 1892 with Henry A. Strong.

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Additional Source Kodak (Wikipedia)

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Wikimedia FoundationTechnologies Developed: Digital Camera, 20th-Century and Early Development section
Quote, Technologies Developed: Digital Camera, 20th-Century and Early Development section
Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, built a self-contained electronic camera that used a monochrome Fairchild Semiconductor CCD image sensor in 1975.
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Kodak (Wikipedia)
  • introductory section
    It is best known for photographic film products, which it brought to a mass market for the first time.
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  • Eastman Kodak Company, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), status
    The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak ( ), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic roots in film photography.
  • Associated With: George Eastman
    It is best known for photographic film products, which it brought to a mass market for the first time.
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