As the decade progressed, George Eastman took an increasing interest in photography, and by 1880 had gone into the dry-plate business for himself. For all his drive, Eastman was still on his first ...

George Eastman was born on July 12 ... He went into business selling dry plates in April 1880, in a room above a music store in the financial district of Rochester. Eastman's career received ...

George Eastman was one of the major philanthropists of his ... He spent three years in his mother's kitchen experimenting with gelatin emulsions. By 1880, Eastman had invented and patented a dry-plate ...