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3 days ago · The Eastman School of Music, founded by and named after George Eastman, is located in Downtown Rochester. The university is also home to Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a national laboratory supported by the US Department of Energy.
5 days ago · The George Eastman Museum is a treasure trove for photographers. Located in the mansion of Kodak's founder, it showcases an extensive collection of photographs and film. The museum also has exhibits on the history of photography and the impact of George Eastman. Visitors can tour the stunning gardens and historic home, gaining insight into ...
4 days ago · The earliest existant written record of the camera obscura is to be found in the writings of Mozi (470 to 390 BC), a Chinese philosopher . Mozi correctly asserted that the image in a camera obscura is flipped upside down because light travels in straight lines from its source.
23 hours ago · As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we are bound to look back at the Founding Fathers — or the Founders, as our anti-patriarchal climate now prefers — with ...
5 days ago · A discussion of George Eastman and the museum established on his estate, from Picture Perfect: George Eastman House. (more)
1 day ago · George Washington, the country’s first president (1789–97), carefully chose the site, which is on the Potomac River ’s navigation head (to accommodate oceangoing ships), and near two well-established colonial port cities, George Town (now Georgetown, a section of the city of Washington) and Alexandria, Va.
3 days ago · The mid-sized metropolis has idiosyncratic/esoteric museums like the George Eastman Museum – in the Kodak founder’s eccentric 50-room mansion, featuring an elephant-head replica – and (my fave) the two-city-block-sized Strong National Museum of Play.
