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The George Eastman Museum is located in Rochester, New York, on the estate of George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography and motion picture film. Founded in 1947 as an independent nonprofit institution, it is the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the oldest film archives.
George Eastman (born Luigi Montefiori; August 16, 1942) is an Italian actor and screenwriter well known for his frequent collaborations with notorious director Joe D'Amato. He is most famous for his role as the insane, cannibalistic serial killer Klaus Wortmann in the gory 1980 horror film Antropophagus (aka The Grim Reaper ).
Jan 24, 2018 · George Eastman was cremated, as he believed cemeteries “cluttered” the landscape. At his funeral, per his wishes, the last organ piece was Gounod’s triumphant “Marche Romaine,” unusual for a funeral. People and messages came from around the world to wish the old man off. His hundreds of old friends wept openly. The Legacy of George ...
George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in the small village of Waterville, New York. When he was six years old, his father moved the family to Rochester. Two years later, the elder Eastman died, leaving George, his mother and his two older sisters nearly penniless.
George Eastman, teenager (1880) When George Eastman was only around 8 years old, his father died. George left school in his early teenage years to help support his family. He was inventive and used scrap material to make small toys or games to sell to earn some money.
The first successful roll-film hand camera, the Kodak, was launched publicly in the summer of 1888. Inventor George Eastman received a patent (number 388,850) for the camera’s shutter and the trademark (number 15,825) for the Kodak name on September 4, 1888.
May 22, 2000 · With his introduction of the popular Kodak and Brownie camera systems, George Eastman revolutionized the photographic industry, transforming a complex, expensive technology used by a small ...
