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A photo of the box-shaped Eastman Kodak camera from 1888, with a leather handle on top and an open front panel showing its lens and interior.

Eastman Kodak Company

A photo of a box-shaped Kodak Brownie camera from 1900 with a small central lens, two viewfinders, and a winding knob on the top.

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Key People

George Eastman, 1926.

George Eastman

American inventor, entrepreneur, and manufacturer