Eastman Kodak Company
1881-present
American manufacturer of film and photographic supplies and provider of digital imaging services and products. Headquarters are in Rochester, New York. Founded by George Eastman, who was one of the first to successfully mass-produce dry plates for photographers and invented the first simple and portable camera that could be used by amateur photographers.
"Eastman Kodak Company." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 16 Sep. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177448/Eastman-Kodak-Company>.
For a detailed timeline of the company, see "History of Kodak," Kodak, http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/1878.jhtml?pq-path=2699 (accessed 09/16/2014)