Although it is not often noted, George Eastman's dream of a camera that could be manufactured for the masses relied on the existence of interchangeable parts. In the late nineteenth century ...

May 5: George Eastman and William Walker receive patent for the Eastman-Walker Roll Holder, a device that advances film for cameras to which it is attached. Soon afterward, Eastman sends Walker ...

Inventor, philanthropist, and the founder of Eastman Kodak Company, George Eastman is heralded as the father of ... when one of Eastman's friends suggested that Eastman, 23, take a camera on an ...