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| 1. |  | 1892 Kodaks Advert Google Books The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times - Almanac for 1892, Volume 6, Advertising section, p.63. |
| 2. |  | Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre 1899 Kodak publicity using a portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Publicity Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
| 3. |  | 1917, July Advertisement for Eastman Kodak Advert Lee Gallery The advert was published in "Camera Work" 49-50 (July 1917) |
| 4. |  | 1917, July Advertisement for Eastman Portrait Film Advert Lee Gallery The advert was published in "Camera Work" 49-50 (July 1917) |
| 5. |  | Unidentified photographer 1889 (ca) The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company stand at a trade fair Kodak circular snapshot print National Science and Media Museum Ref Number: 1990-5036/6004/6 |
| 6. |  | The Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co. (Rochester, N.Y.) 1890, April (published) The Kodak Magazine page, advert Google Books THE KODAK. If any of our readers are interested in photography they cannot afford to be in ignorance of the wonderful little camera called the Kodak. It is the most ingenious piece of photograhic apparatus that has ever come under our notice. It is so simple that a child can work it, and yet the results are so perfect that the most expert are proud to carry and use it. The Kodak embraces an entirely new system of photography, being loaded with a continuous band or spool ofsensative film, which enables the operator to make one hundred negatives with one charging. This film is as transparent as glass and as flexible as paper, It is wound upon a spool and is used in an instrument called a roll-holder which is attached to the camera. After making an exposure (as the taking of the picture is termed), by simply turning a key the exposed portion of film is removed from its position back of the lens and a new portion brought into place. This is done by the film, which is a continuous band, being wound oft" of one spool on to another. The great advantages of this system over the old-fashioned glass plates are enormous. Formerly the number of pictures that an amateur was able to make upon a journey was limited by his capacity as a pack horse, so to speak, but with the new system of film photography embodied in the Kodak, material sufficient for several thousand negatives can be carried without inconvenience. The Kodak is a most unique and perfect camera, measuring but 3% x 'é% x 6% inches and weighing but 32 ounces. The pictures we have seen from this camera are of the very finest order, being very clear and sharp. It is particularly adapted for instantaneous work, such as photographing street scenes, objects in motion, etc. The Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co., of Rochester, N. Yä who are the inventors and manufacturers should be communicated with and one ot their catalogues secured. See advertisement in this journal. This advert was published in The New Jersey Law Review, Vol.XIII, April, 1890, No.4, p.128 |
| 7. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1892 (ca or later) Kodak 2 camera, front view Digital image Private collection of Nigel Maister |
| 8. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1892 (ca or later) Kodak 2 camera, front and left view Digital image Private collection of Nigel Maister |
| 9. |  | Crocker (Corning, N.Y.) 1892 (ca or later) Men with a Kodak 2 camera Cabinet card Private collection of Nigel Maister |
| 10. |  | Crocker (Corning, N.Y.) 1892 (ca or later) Men with a Kodak 2 camera Cabinet card Private collection of Nigel Maister |
| 11. |  | 1899 (ca) Photographic Simplicity - Bulls-Eye Kodak Advertising Private collection of Liese A. Ricketts On the back is a hand written mark that says 1899 but the Brownie came out in Feb 1900 so the 1899 date is uncertain. |
| 12. |  | 1899 (ca) Photographic Simplicity - Bulls-Eye Kodak Advertising Private collection of Liese A. Ricketts On the back is a hand written mark that says 1899 but the Brownie came out in Feb 1900 so the 1899 date is uncertain. |
| 13. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1896 Front cover for a "Pocket Kodak" album Photograph album Private collection of John Toohey |
| 14. |  | Fred Church 1890, February George Eastman on board S.S. Gallia Albumen print, Kodak #2 snapshot 9.1 cm (diameter) George Eastman Museum Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Margaret Weston (GEH NEG:5253) For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 158-159 |
| 15. |  | Unidentified photographer 1890 (ca) Woman in a rowing boat Snapshot, Kodak 2? National Science and Media Museum |
| 16. |  | Unidentified photographer 1889 (ca) Steamer Kodak No. 2 4.25 x 5.25 in Private collection of Nigel Maister "Steamer 'Chattahoochee' S Atlantic Coast" |
| 17. |  | Frances Benjamin Johnston 1890-1910 A Kodak creates a sensation Photographic print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-120447 (b&w film copy neg.) Frances Benjamin Johnston with group of children looking at her camera. |
| 18. |  | Frances Benjamin Johnston 1905 (ca) Three children sighting box cameras Photographic print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-47761 (b&w film copy neg.) |
| 19. |  | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) Old American photographer with his Kodak Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Courtesy of Jan Weijers |
| 20. |  | H. M. Auld 1897, March Early Kodak: untitled Double Exposure (man with landscape) Gelatin silver printing-out paper 3.25 round Robert Tat Gallery Courtesy of Robert Tat Fine Photographs (www.roberttat.com - #899) The diameter of the print indicates it was made with a Kodak no. 3, an early snapshot camera. On the original mount; stamped on the mount verso "Kodak Views by H. M. Alud / Mar. 1897". |
| 21. |  | The Eastman Company (Rochester, N.Y.) 1890 New Kodak Cameras. You press the button, we do the rest. Advert Google Books NEW KODAK CAMERAS. You press the button, we do the rest" (OR YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF.) SEVEN NEW STYLES AND SIZES ALL LOADED WITH TRANSPARENT FILMS. A system which admits of the practice of photography without the least knowledge of the art is presented by the "Kodak." Anyone can use this camera. The operation of making a picture consists simply of pressing a button. No dark room or chemicals are necessary. One hundred pictures are made without reloading. By the aid of the " Kokak" a complete illustrated record of every day incidents, a picturesque diary of every trip, beautiful bits of landscape and hundreds of interesting scenes may be readily obtained. A handsome russet leather carrying case with shoulder strap is a part of each outfit, and the operator is thus enabled to carry about and use the Kodak as easily as though it were a field glass. THE EASTMAN COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y. |
| 22. |  | The Eastman Company (Rochester, N.Y.) n.d. New Kodak Cameras. "You press the button, we do the rest." Advert Google Books |
| 23. |  | The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. (Rochester, N.Y.) n.d. The Kodak Camera. Anybody can use the Kodak. Advert Google Books |
| 24. |  | The Eastman Company (Rochester, N.Y.) n.d. New Kodak Cameras. "You press the button, we do the rest." Advert Google Books |
| 25. |  | Unidentified artist 1895-1917 If you want it - take it - with a Kodak. Commercial poster 75 cm NYPL - New York Public Library Image ID: 1541672 |
| 26. |  | Eastman Kodak Co. n.d. The Kodak Girl - If it isn't an Eastman it isn't a Kodak - 'Tis the Kodak Quality. Sheet Private collection of Sara Filippin |
| 27. |  | Unidentified photographer 1908-1909 State St. Factory and Main Office, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. Postcard, offset photomechanical print NYPL - New York Public Library Image ID: 77161 Detroit Publishing Company postcards / 12000 Series. |
| 28. |  | The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. (Rochester, N.Y.) 1889, June (published) Photographic Outfits - The Kodak Camera Advert Google Books The Kodak Camera. FACTS ABOUT THE KODAK. It is the only Camera that will produce perfect work where the operator has no knowledge of photography. It makes 100 pictures without re-loading. It may be used by anybody. It can be used for out-door or interior views. It is small and compact, weighing less than two pounds. No tripod, no focusing or adjustment required. DIVISION OF LABOR. If the operator does not wish to develop and finish his pictures, that work will be done at our factory by experts. PHENOMENAL POPULARITY. -The Kodak has had a wider sale than any other Camera of this price ever put upon the market. This fact alone attests it practical worth. It is on sale in every civilized country on the globe. THEY HAVE USED THE KODAK. New York, Sept. 29, 1888. The Eastman Dry Plate And Film Co., Rochester, N. Y. Gentlemen : I have been for thirty years a professional photographer, yet I cannot live without my Kodak. I carried it fully two thousand miles the past summer, securing many valuable negatives. (Signed) Geo. C. Rockwood, Photographer, 17 Union Square. Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Sept. 7, 1888. The Eastman Dry Plate And Film Co., Rochester, N. Y. Gentlemen: I received yesterday my Kodak negatives and pictures. I am very much pleased with my experiment. (Signed) Mrs. T. C. Platt. Mr. Theodore Irwin, Jr., of Oswcgo, N. Y., uses the Kodak, and writes: "I have a beautiful |I25 Detective Camera, 4x5, but it has to take second place now." The Commission appointed by the U. S. Government to locate a Navy-Yard on the Pacific coast carry and use a Kodak Camera in connection with their work. CAUTION. It has been truly said that "imitation is the sincerest flattery," but certain parties are advertising a Camera as "better than the Kodak," which is an extremely cheap and worthless imitation. We are the patentees of the Automatic Tension for Roll Holders, the only practical means for straining the film flat in the focus plane of the lens. This principle is embodied in the construction of the "Kodak," and cannot be utilized by manufacturers of other cameras. Any camera which exposes the film behind a glass plate is worthless. We are the only manufacturers of film, and guarantee it only when exposed in our patented apparatus. The Kodak is for sale by all Photo Stock dealers price, $25.00. Send to us for a copy of Kodak Primer, with sample photograph. The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co., Oxford St., London. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, June, 1889. |
| 29. |  | Septima M. Collis 1890 Kodak'd by Author Book illustration Google Books This afternoon was spent chiefly in walking the upper deck; the thermometer was 70 degrees in the shade, and the Kodak fiends were at work everywhere preserving as best they could the counterfeit presentments of each other my party among the rest; and although it was our first experience, and we had little faith in our ability to accomplish much, we have been most agreeably disappointed by the result, many of our photographs of the scenery and groups being perfect gems in their way. Septima M. Collis A Woman's Trip to Alaska - Being an Account of a Voyage through the Inland Seas of the Sitkan Archipelago in 1890 (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1890), p.86 |
| 30. |  | The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. (Rochester, N.Y.) n.d. The Kodak Advert Google Books THE KODAK With this camera is presented an entirely novel and extremely attractive system of Amateur Photography, by which the finest pictures may be taken by persons having no knowledge of the art. The comparative size of the "KODAK" is shown by the accompanying illustration!, and its popularity is not surprising when its compactness and its practical worth are considered. AS A TOURIST'S CAMERA it is unrivalled. No cumbersome tripod, plateholders, or other effects of the ordinary outfit are needed. In its carrying-case, with shoulder-strap, it is of no more trouble in transportation than an ordinary field-glass in fact, it looks not unlike one. A trip SOUTH, to CALIFORNIA, or to EUROPE may be rendered doubly enjoyable, and a complete illustrated record of interesting scenes and incidents secured by use of this little instrument. ONE HUNDRED EXPOSURES may be made without " re-loading" the camera. AS A HOLIDAY GIFT the Kodak offers novelty, beauty, and usefulness, and cannot but be highly appreciated by the recipient. Prince Henri D'Orleans has used the "Kodak," and writing regarding it said: "The results are marvellous. The enlargement! which you sent me are superb." Mr. Geo. 0. Rockwood, of 17 Union Square, New York, an authority on matters pertaining to photography, writes: "I have used one of your ' Kodak' Cameras during the past summer and am greatly pleased with its work. It is simple, practical, and perfect." The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 115 Oxford Street, London. Send for Descriptive Circulars. This advert was published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July, 1888. |
| 31. |  | M.A.B. Evans (Author) 1890, January To My Sweetheart's Kodak Magazine page Google Books To My Sweetheart's Kodak. Oh Kodak, are you void of sense. That you so stoically take The pressure of her fingers fair. Which all my nerves would wildly shake? Ah ! don't you see her wealth of hair; Her eyes so softly, brightly blue Now bent, with tender interest, O Kodak Camera, on you? And can't you feel the lively thrill Of pleasure in her lovely face When you work well? 0 Camera, I'd like, just once, to have your place! Such pictures as I'd take for her, Such glorious views of east and west, Like magic they should come, her smile Would pay me well to do my best. You don't appreciate your luck, O Camera, with glassy eye. Which, staring ever straight ahead. Sees not the charming maid close by. If I were you but never mind, You're not her lover that is clear. While I I love the very ground That only serves to bring her near. But still, I scarcely envy you. Although from me you steal her smiles. You're deaf, and dumb, and blind to all Her beauty rare, her winning wiles. And saddest, worst of all your lot, Ah ! this I could not bear and live! To feel that I belong to her. And then, to take a negative. M. A. B. Evans, in Outing for Jan., 1890 The Vassar Miscellany, Vol.XIX, Number 4, January, 1890. |
| 32. |  | William T. Gramer (Composer) 1902 The Kodak Girl. March and Two Step Sheet music Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus Published by Averill Publishing Co. and "Dedicated to the Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y." |
| 33. |  | 1892, February The Young Kodak Fiend Magazine page Google Books The Young Kodak Fiend. An ingenious small boy, uptown, amazed his father a day or two ago by swaggering into the parental presence with the remark: "Papa, I've made a good motto for undertakers to put in their shop windows." And the indulgent father, preparing to look amused, asked: "What is it, my son?" "Why, this," explained the youngster, "' You kick the bucket; we do the rest.' " Ex. The Microscopical Bulletin and Science News, Vol.IX, No.1, February, 1892, p.1 |
| 34. |  | Scovill & Adams 1889 Photo Outfits Advert Google Books |
| 35. |  | Edward P. Tobie (Author and editor) 1892, October Photographing Indians Book page Google Books There were several kodaks in the train, which had been pretty busy all day in capturing views of the scenery whenever the train stopped. These were brought out hurriedly when the Indians were seen, but the Indians went out of sight as hurriedly and more quickly when they saw a kodak pointed at them. They seemed to know what the little box was for, and men, women and children ran from it as if it were a deadly weapon. But we soon found that they were not afraid of it they had learned its use, and did not propose to add to the value of the collection of any amateur photographer without compensation. However, for a nickel some pictures were obtained. Some of the party engaged a boy in conversation in regard to some pottery he had for sale, and by keeping his attention attracted, enabled a lady to get a snap shot at him without his knowing it. She was much pleased with the success of the experiment, and so were those who assisted her, but their joy at having outwitted the barbarian wras short lived, for no sooner was the kodak snapped than a "big injun" came up with much jabber and something of a threatening attitude and demanded a nickel "for taking picture of my brother." The nickel was~forthcoming for the sake of keeping peace in the family. So I do not think any of the "leaders of thought" got any the better of the untutored red man. [Edward P. Tobie], "The Country for Which You Fought. Scenes and Incidents of a Trip to the Pacific Coast", First Maine Bugle, Campaign II, October, 1892, Call.10, p.4-5 |
| 36. |  | Miss M.D. Beach 1890 Kodak'd by Miss M.D. Beach Book illustration Google Books It is wonderful what a superstitious aversion they have to the camera. When we tried our Kodaks on them they instantly enveloped themselves in their blankets, and would not uncover until some old crone who had an eye through a hole of her hood gave the signal. This was in fact so mysterious that we tried to reason with them, showed them pictures of ourselves, offered to send them their likenesses by the next boat, but all to no purpose, and we were about to give it up, when at the suggestion of one of "the oldest inhabitants" we held aloft a silver dollar. Instantly there was a change. The superstition simply consisted in the belief that it was not healthy to do any thing without being paid for it, a superstition which seems to pervade waiters, and porters, and chambermaids, and that class of people all over the world. Septima M. Collis A Woman's Trip to Alaska - Being an Account of a Voyage through the Inland Seas of the Sitkan Archipelago in 1890 (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1890), p.99-100. |
| 37. |  | Unidentified photographer 1905-1915 (ca) [Man with camera] Real photo postcard Private collection of Brian Smolens |
| 38. |  | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) Girl with Kodak camera Photograph Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) |
| 39. |  | Unidentified photographer 1900 (ca) Woman with Kodak camera Photograph Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) |