Hook:
Do you like taking selfies? Do you like cameras? Do you know the history of the camera and how it came to be what it is today?
Introduction and Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info, relevant relationship info, etc.): I was born in Waterville, New York. Living in a 10 acre farm, I was self educated. In 1840 my dad bought a business school. The Eastman commercial college Rochester, New York was the first boom town in America. I created the first camera specifically made to process a photograph into a film strip. At the time the only way to take a photograph was by using a hot plate, which was a heavy plate that was use the same way as film but was very fragile. …show more content…
Film was a very popular way to document history in the 1900's being very inexpensive and easy to handle. The Kodak combined these two things into a Camera that it's main purpose is to print photographs onto film. Main Idea 1: cameras
Cameras help make the world make a better place, to documenting history or for entertainment, the camera and use of film fueled the 19th century help be to what it is today. Sharing memories may not of been possible 200 years ago but today it all within a click of a button. In 1883, I, George Eastman, just started to produce dry plates from my new business.(A big heavy plate that can be put in cameras to copy the image). In the Mid 1900' A new material called celluloid. With this new material created Film. Film does the job just like dry plates, but does it better. Main Idea 2: Kodak I was doing good with the sales of new camera, the Kodak. For a few years I was doing decent with sales, but I saw a decline. I had to popularize it somehw. I then had the idea of making cameras more accessible and affordable. I then created the brownie. The brownie is a disposable camera that children can use as play and influence children to have an interest in