It was a simple promise, and a compelling one, at a time when photography was still in it infancy: “You press the button, we do the rest.” With that, Kodak’s famous slogan made picture taking seem ...

I may have a few relatively ancient rolls of film in my freezer, but none as old as the two Kodak rolls recently acquired by Rochester, New York’s Eastman Museum. The museum, which houses one of the ...

George Eastman takes pictures with his Kodak camera. * Photo: Corbis * 1888: George Eastman receives a patent for the first roll-film camera and registers the name "Kodak." Eastman became interested ...

While most Americans now carry a tiny camera in their pockets, the oldest roll of the film that started consumer photography now sits quietly inside a New York museum. The George Eastman Museum ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...

A huge fan of antique cameras has struck gold after discovering a 100 year old Kodak in Salisbury’s Antique Market, complete with used film. 20-year-old Oliver Barnes had the film developed, revealing ...

Wedding photographer Laura Babb was given a Kodak Brownie, a now iconic vintage box camera, as a gift. Inside was a roll of undeveloped 127 film, which appeared to have been snapped inside the camera.

As we toured the finishing department, Nancy DiBella, Rochester Film Finishing Operations Manager for Kodak, pointed out the role of each machine and person we passed. She wore a white lab coat and ...