My name is George Eastman, I was born on July 12, 1854 in Waterville New York. I was named after my father George Washington Eastman. My mother’s name was Maria Eastman. I also have two older sisters Katie and Ellen Maria Eastman. My sister Katie passed away from polio at a young age. My father ran a business college in Rochester New York. But my father died when I was seven from a heart disorder. To help my mother I dropped out of high school at the age of 14 to start working, another way I supported my mother and sister is, I would rent rooms out from my home.
My first job was a messenger boy for an insurance company. I was getting paid three dollars a week. I then became an office boy for another company and was getting paid five dollars a week. I wanted a higher paying job so I studied accounting from home. I then moved up as the bookkeeper at the Rochester savings bank and was making fifteen dollars an hour.
When I was 24 I planned a trip to visit Santo Domingo. My friend suggested I document the trip. So I bought photography equipment but it was big and heavy. The camera was the size of a microwave. I didn’t end up going on my trip, but I was interested in how I could make a cameras more accessible for people and easier to use. I started researching everything I could on
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In 1881 the dry plate and film company was established, in 1883 I came out with the film roll. In 1888 I launched the first black and white Kodak camera that was pre-loaded with 100 shots. This camera cost 25 dollars. Once all the film was used you could have it developed for 10 dollars. In 1892 I renamed the company the Eastman Kodak. I chose the name Kodak because products should have their own identity and not associated with anything else. My company slogan was “you press the button we do the rest”. In 1900 I launched the brownie camera. This camera was designed for children, military and
George Westinghouse was born in 1846 in Central Bridge, New York. He was son of Emeline and George Westinghouse Sr. He went to Union College and dropped out. He served in the Army and Navy during the Civil War on the USS Muscoota. He was one of Thomas Edison's biggest rival.
In today’s society, a good quality education is an important and valuable necessity. As a college student at Lone Star College, my college experience has greatly influenced me in an enormous amount of ways. By attending college, I have not only had a chance to receive a quality education and degree, but also an opportunity to socialize and interact with various people from different cultures. In addition, the professors on campus have been extremely helpful towards teaching me to succeed in both inside and outside the class room. Furthermore, my college experience at Lone Star has greatly influenced and encouraged me to be successful and achieve my dream of becoming a doctor.
Citrus College is located in the city of Glendora, a small town located in the San Gabriel Valley, with its slogan boasting “Pride of the Foothills.” Known for its middle/upper class housing, good schools and family programs. Also the city’s religion is mainly Mormon and other Christian denominations.
Charles Alexander Eastman was born in a buffalo hide near Redwood falls, minnesota in the winter of 1858. They named him Hakadah- the pitiful last because he was the only one out of his 3 brothers and 1 sister, and his mother died shortly after his birth. She was the granddaughter of chief red cloud. Hakadah’s father was named Many Lightings- Tawakanhdeota. He was a full-blooded Sioux and later took the name Jacob eastman. Since Hakadah’s mother had died, he was raised in the tribe’s homeland of minnesota by his grandmother. When he was 4, the “sioux Uprising of 1862” occurred, and he became separated from his father, elder and his sister- whom the tribe thought had been killed by the whites. Hadakah was taken into exile into Manitoba with
It wasn't Stony Brook's fault, they said and did all the right things. The media finally hopped on board, there were articles, ESPN love, and radio appearances. As much as a team tries to control the outside noise, it's never as easy as it sounds.
As a military wife one of my greatest duties is to support my husband while he supports our nation. That duty has led to our family having to relocate and change many aspects of our lives including which school I attend. I am thankful that that obligation is now making it possible for me to potentially attend The George Washington University. While transferring midway through a degree certainly is not ideal I do feel like this is a remarkable opportunity that I am eager to embrace. I cannot help but feel as if my journey in higher education is finally getting where it was supposed to be all along. As a teenager, I envisioned life at my age and it never involved four children and a halfway complete English degree. I had planned to attend the university in my hometown and then, after four perfect years of course, become a wonderful high school English teacher just doing what I loved every day.
Destitute, rejected, and alone Robert Johnson seems to be in complete despair when singing “Crossroad Blues.” Robert is acknowledged as “The King of Delta Blues.” Born in Mississippi and known as a dirt poor African-American boy. (Robert Johnson Blues Foundation) he was recognized for his great lyrics, guitar playing and upmost contribution to artists. Robert’s songs and lyrics still live on today in artists such as; The Rolling Stones, that recorded “Love in Vain” and Stop Breaking Down, Cream, who recorded “Cross Road Blue” (renamed Crossroad), Fleetwoord Mac who recorded “Hellhound on my Trail.” (Charlton 7) Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Allman Brothers, also great entertainers, recorded his songs (Robert Johnson Blues Foundation).
On April 10, 1938 a young mother welcomed her first son, Stanley Lee Allen, into the world. Just a year later, she gave birth to his sister, Glenda Mae. The family had a typical life; they were content, but a fateful winter day in 1942 would change the course of their lives forever.
The founder of Kodak, George Eastman, was a photography enthusiast and wanted to simplify the process of creating photos. Eastman established what was to evolve into the Kodak Company in 1880. The Kodak Company was built on four basic
Taking pictures with the Kodak camera was simpler than the earlier camera because first, it did not require a darkroom or chemicals and glass plates. It did not require any of these things because it was not only one person’s job to develop and take the photo. The photographer could send their camera in, and the Eastman Kodak Company would develop the pictures for them. “In the first year, 13,000 people paid $25 for a Kodak; they each took 100 pictures, returned the camera and within ten days, Kodak sent back the prints and camera with film for another 100 pictures,” (Buckland and Lefer 250). This opened up a whole new door for inexperienced photographers. All they had to do was take pictures, and send the camera
When Kodak began making changes to its organizational architecture in 1984, its current architecture did not fit the business environment for the industry. The largest factor that motivated Kodak to make this change was increased competition and decreased market share. Until the early 1980’s, Kodak owned the film production market with very little competition. This suddenly changed when Fuji Corporation and many other generic store brands began producing high quality film as well (Brickley, 2009, p. 358). Another factor in this change was technology advancements. As technology rapidly expanded in the 1980’s, other
Eastman Kodak which, is headquartered in Rochester, NY was founded in by George Eastman, who patented photographic film which were stored into a roll in 1884. The first roll film cameras that this company produced were called Kodak. The cameras became so successful the “Kodak” word was incorporated into the name in 1892. By 1900 he had perfected the first camera which was called the “Brownie” to take advantage of his invention. George Eastman, coined the famous slogan “You press the button, we do the rest.” In most of the 20th Century this slogan came to define Kodak. By 1902,
The Eastman Kodak Company was established in the 1880’s as a film business, set on establishing its brand name in the marketplace through customer-focused advertising and growth through research and development and low cost mass production. The founder, George Eastman, described Kodak’s competitive philosophy by commenting that “nothing is more important than the value of our name and the quality it stands for. We must make quality our fighting argument” (Gavetti, Henderson & Giorgi, 2005).
Background Eastman Kodak Company, headquartered in Rochester New York, was founded in 1889. The corporation, now multinational and focusing on imaging and photographic equipment, posted revenues in excess of $6 billion in 2011. During most of the 20th century Kodak was dominant in the photographic film industry in 1976 it held 90% of the market but began a downward slide once the Internet, digital cameras and computer processing grew. By 2007, Kodak ceased making a profit and in January 2012 filed for bankruptcy protection and ceased making cameras, video cameras and began to focus on the corporate digital imaging market (De La Merced, 2012). In evaluating Kodak's corporate strategy from the mid-1980s onward, we find that there four major management paradigms in place during this transitional period:
Eastman Kodak Company, commonly known as Kodak is an American multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1889. Kodak is best known for photographic film products. During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in this sector. In fact, Eastman Kodak Co. is one of the dominant market share holders within the camera and other photography-related industries. Kodak pioneered amateur photography and is often credited for the invention of roll film and the first camera. The markets for color film and color photofinishing in 1954 were controlled by Kodak. It had over 90% of the amateur color