This Month in the History of Photography

The following events occurred this month in the History of Photography: “When another hundred years have rolled around and the achievements of nineteenth century scientist have been sifted and weighed George Eastman will probably be place alongside of Daguerre. Daguerre is like the man who cut away the underbrush on the edge of the forest. Eastman swung his axe into the wood, made the clearing and tilled the soil and reaped the harvest.” This fragment was taken from the first authorized newspaper biography of the founder of the Eastman Kodak…