Rochester Optical & Camera Company
1899 - 1907
Rochester Optical and Camera Company was founded when Rochester Optical Company, the Rochester Camera and Supply Company, the Ray Camera Company, the Monroe Camera Company, and the Western Camera Manufacturing Company of Chicago merged. The company was bought by Eastman Kodak in 1907.
This information was taken from"The Rochester Optical Company," http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/Rochester.html#The%20Rochester%20Optical%20Company (accessed 06/22/2015)
Excerpt from a brief company history: "Rochester Optical Company History," History Librarium, http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=rocco (accessed 06/22/2015)