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October 1914 (Creation)
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- Eastman Kodak Company
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3 mm textual material
[1 booklet]
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The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. George Eastman marketed the first commercial transparent roll film in 1889, and Kodak was founded by George Eastman and Henry A. Strong on May 23, 1892. During most of the 20th century, Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film. The company's ubiquity was such that its "Kodak moment" tagline entered the common lexicon to describe a personal event that deserved to be recorded for posterity. Kodak began to struggle financially in the late 1990s, as a result of the decline in sales of photographic film and its slowness in moving to digital photography, despite developing the first self-contained digital camera. As a part of a turnaround strategy, Kodak began to focus on digital photography and digital printing, and attempted to generate revenues through aggressive patent litigation. In January 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Shortly thereafter, Kodak announced that it would stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and digital picture frames and focus on the corporate digital imaging market. In August 2012, Kodak announced its intention to sell its photographic film, commercial scanners and kiosk operations, as a measure to emerge from bankruptcy, but not its motion picture film operations. In January 2013, the Court approved financing for Kodak to emerge from bankruptcy by mid 2013. Kodak sold many of its patents, and on September 3, 2013, the company emerged from bankruptcy having shed its large legacy liabilities and exited several businesses.
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Booklet entitled "Picture Taking with the No. 1A Kodak Junior," owned by Gracie Archibald. The 88-page booklet describes how to use the No. 1A Kodak Junior camera.
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Physical condition
Fair (October 2018)
Cover is yellowed and slightly mottled from age.
Vertical crease down the back cover.
Pencil scribble on back cover.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Louise Smith, August 17, 2001.
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Arranged according to original order.
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All inquiries regarding use, reproduction, and publication should be addressed to museum staff.
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- Archibald, Grace F. (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued October 2018.
Revised December 2020.