November 1889 ad
George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented the first model of his
roll-film camera. The camera took round pictures with a fixed focus lens. It carried
a roll film for 100 exposures.
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
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I still don’t get why they sold off the imaging dep. And now all they have is movie film?