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Died. George Eastman, 77, board chairman of Eastman Kodak Co.; by his own hand (pistol); in Rochester, N. Y. He left a note: "My work is done. Why wait?'' Born in Waterville, N. Y. in 1854, he started Eastman Dry Plate Co. in Rochester in 1880. First man to realize the possibilities of amateur as opposed to professional photography, he devoted himself to making cameras simple, handy, foolproof. The first Kodak appeared in 1888, contained film for 100 pictures which, when taken, were sent back (camera & all) to the Kodak factory for development. Hence the famed slogan: "You press...
...Eastman Kodak today is credited with doing 90% of U. S. photographic business and more than 60% of world business. From 1880 to 1925 the company was almost entirely a one-man affair, Eastman personally making every decision of import. In 1925 he retired as president and general manager, became chairman of the board. Said he: "The remaining years are very precious to me and I am now doing what the movies call a 'fade-out.'" A thoroughgoing philanthropist, he gave away some $75,000,000, probably retained only a small Kodak interest. Major gifts were: to Massachusetts Institute...
...literature help the common man heavenward? It did once, when art was worshipful. Last week The Christian Century considered the state of the church's once potent ally, religious drama. Much U. S. Protestant church drama, complained Professor Fred Eastman of Chicago Theological Seminary, is of low quality. There has been improvement in recent years. But U. S. churches must strive for results comparable to those of the religious dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; or the Canterbury Cathedral play written four years ago by John Masefield, with music by Gustav Holst...
...loan the money where needed at a fair rate of interest. Last week the I. C. C. agreed to this by a seven-to-four majority, said individual roads could keep the increased revenues for themselves, without contributing to a common pool. Caustic dissenting opinion, written by Commissioner Joseph Eastman, said there was "no occasion for beating such a retreat. It is impossible to prove such a plan as in the public interest...
...rock against the sunset with a cheap Kodak she had given him for a birthday present. The picture seemed very good. He enlarged it and sent it to the International Kodak Exhibition at Geneva, a contest for which the various European and U. S. subsidiaries of the U. S. Eastman Kodak Co. had contributed over $100,000 in prizes. Rules: 1) Competitors must be amateurs in fact; no member of their families could be professional photographers. 2) Pictures must be taken during the four months of the contest. 3) Any camera or photographic material could be used. 4) Pictures could...