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Term: Rochester

Description

Located on Lake Ontario & Genesee River; founded in early 19th cen., expanded after opening of Erie Canal; had further expansion during Civil War; was center of abolitionist movement & home of Frederick Douglass; G Eastman founded Kodak firm here in 1888.

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gelatin skins
1885 - 1900
mechanical stage
circa 1897
ensemble (5) of glass color filters
circa 1929
Dumont type 297 oscillograph-record Polaroid instant camera
circa 1952
Eastman View 2-D camera
1921-1950

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Eastman Kodak Company

1881-present
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Folmer Graflex Corporation

1928 - 1946
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Institute of Optics, University of Rochester

founded 1929
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United Radio Corporation

1922 - 1928
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United Reproducers Corporation

c. 1922 - 1930

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