Frederick F. Church - George Eastman on board the S.S. Gallia - 1890

When were the first small portable cameras available?

1888

Who founded the Kodak Company?

George Eastman

When was the invention of photography?

Late 1830s

What photographic product was especially innovative and impacted travelers of all social classes?

Kodak No. 1

When did the first widely used photographic process emerge?

1839

What were the first photographs to reach a mass market?

Daguerreotypes

What made daguerreotypes not accessible to all people?

Specialty chemicals needed and not portable

What were the two other early methods/processes used for photographs?

Salted Paper print and wet plate collodion

Describe the salted Paper print process

Paper negatives soaked in salt water and silver halides

Describe the wet plate collodion process

A tarlike substance smeared onto a glass plate to produce a negative

What made the wet plate collodion process not convenient for travel?

The negative had to be developed immediately and the plate glass negatives were extremely fragile

Who created the first photographic record the Ancient Egyptian civilization?

Maxime du Camp and Gustave Flaubert

Who created the book Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie?

Maxime du Camp

What artists used the wet plate collodion negative process?

Timothy H. O’Sullivan and Carleton Watkins

Who was hired by transport companies to document the landscape of the Pacific Northwest?

Carleton Watkins

What were the two innovations needed to make amateur travel photography possible?

Pre-made gelatin-based film and smaller, lightweight cameras

What was unique about gelatin-based film?

It could be prepared ahead of time and pre-packaged

What was the order of materials being used for gelatin negatives?

Glass→Paper→Plastic

Where was George Eastman born?

New York

When was George Eastman born?

1854

How old was George Eastman when he left school?

14

Why did George Eastman leave school?

To support his widowed mother

What was George Eastman’s first occupation?

Messenger boy

What was George Eastman’s second occupation?

Bank Clerk

When did George Eastman found the Eastman company?

1881

Where was the Eastman company based in?

Rochester, New York

What is the first successful color film called?

Kodachrome

When were the first handheld digital cameras released?

1975

When was the Kodak No. 1 released?

1888

How much was the Kodak No. 1 upon first release?

$25

By 1900, how much was the Kodak No. 1 model “Brownie” camera?

$1

By 1905, how many models of snapshot cameras did Kodak sell?

1.2 million

When were folding models of a camera capable of being carried in a coat pocket?

Around 1900

What was the weight of the Kodak No. 1?

2 pounds

How much did the Folding No. 1 weigh?

Less than 8oz

How much time did the Kodak No. 1 manual state a new user would need to learn it?

20 minutes

Starting from what new model of the Kodak No. 1 would a small window be available to act as a preview?

Kodak No. 2

How did Kodak remove the need for people to learn the chemistry behind each photo?

Mail-order processing service

What newspaper noted that there was a Kodak “craze” around the city?

Chicago Tribune 1891

How many pictures would travelers be able to take with the Kodak No 1. on one trip?

100

What model Kodak did Fred Church use to take the picture “George Eastman on board the S.S. Gallia”?

Kodak No. 2

What was Fred Church’s nickname given by Eastman?

Chappie

What job did Fred Church have in the Eastman company?

Patent lawyer

What marketing campaign was a major success for Kodak?

“Take a Kodak with You”