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George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854 in Waterville, New York. He was named after his father, George Sr. who started Eastman Commercial College in Rochester. Rochester was where George and his family eventually moved to in 1860. Unfortunately, George had to go through a couple deaths in his family. One, being his dad when George was just eight years old and one of his older sisters who had polio when he was 16. George ended up dropping out of high school at the age of fourteen to make some money for the family. He was a messenger and office boy at different insurance companies then began studying accounting at home so that he'd be ready for a job with a higher pay. Ended up getting a job as a bookkeeper at Rochester Savings Bank. It's evident that George was a smart young man from the beginning. When he was 24 he ended up liking photography and going that route of his life. Photography was a big thing before the 1880s and was also taken very seriously because of how much there was that was put into it such as the amount of time it took and the heavy equipment. At the time, photographers had to develop their pictures instantly. But George figured out a way in which it wouldn't have to be so complicated anymore. He came up with easier and different options to the heavy glass plates that are originally used on the cameras. Photographers could now use "flexible film" instead of going to darkrooms.The film was coated with gelatin, emulsions, and could send the specific film to a studio to process it. After people began to use the film, Eastman created the Kodak Camera in 1888. It was an 100 roll film for twenty five dollars. Also after photographers took their photos, they sent it back to his factory. The Kodak camera helped create photojournalism. There were things that could now be captured if it weren't for Eastman such as reporters reporting event that happened with actual pictures and when a photographer caught the Wright Brothers' first flight on film. **__Citations:__** //__Info:__// Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Print. "George Eastman." // Bio.com //. A&E Networks Television. Web. 5 Nov. 2015. __//Picture://__ "George Eastman." Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.
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