George Eastman House

The Museum of Modern Art was offered his pictures and did not accept them, but the George Eastman House did. The Library of Congress holds over 5,000 Hine photographs, including examples of his child labor and Red Cross photographs, his work portraits, and his WPA and TVA images. Other large institutional collections include nearly ten thousand of Hine's photographs and negatives held at the George Eastman House and almost five thousand NCLC photographs at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In 2006, author Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop's historical fiction middle-grade novel, "Counting on Grace" was published by Wendy Lamb Books. The latter chapters center on 12-year-old Grace and her life-changing encounter with photographer Lewis Hine, during his 1910 visit to a Vermont cotton mill known to have many child laborers. On the cover is the iconic photo of Grace's real-life counterpart, Addie Card (1887-1993), taken during Hine's undercover visit…

Before the camera was invented it was really difficult to record an image. You had to stand very still for a long time for the picture to be taken. If you moved just a little bit the picture would turn out blurry. In the year of 1881 George Eastman started making dry plates (Dry plates were round disks that were used instead of film). Then in 1883, George Eastman created a thin strip of paper covered in gelatin emulsion and silver balide, which is what we call film. Finally, he invented the…

The corporation of Kohl's was selected in developing a thorough research on the significance of its history. In this research, it will give an in- depth analysis of Kohl's ability of living up to its mission, vision statements, and some hardships that need developments. The evolution of Kohls throughout the years have been significant with key points being in the 1990s. The growth and expansion of Kohl's have defined its niche within the retail industry in 1992. The highlights as well as…

George Eastman, an American entrepreneur, was born July 12th 1854 in Waterville, New York. Two years after his father died the family moved to Rochester, New York where George dropped out of school aged 13 to work. He found a job at Rochester Savings Bank, earning the role of bookkeeper in 1877. Eastman was always careful around money, only spending it on his favourite hobby- photography. At age 24, George planned a trip to Santo Domingo, deciding to document it in pictures upon the suggestion…

George Eastman experienced many hardships throughout his life. His father, George Washington Eastman, moved the family from Waterville, New York, to Rochester to start the Eastman Commercial College (George Eastman). Tragedy struck two years after they moved, Eastman’s father died and the college went bankrupt. This horrible turn of events left George to take care of his mother, Maria Kilbourn, and two sisters (About George Eastman). One of which had polio (Hofkes). At age fourteen, he dropped…

According to Parnell (2014), a company has to be aware of their industries external environmental factors because of the effects that they can have on the organizations strategic decisions. The near death of Eastman Kodak company is a direct result of the company failing to respond quickly enough to the evolving world of technology and societies demands to shift from film to digital photography. For Kodak, the advent of digital photography was ruinous (Hardy, 2015). Once a powerhouse in the film…

Introduction In the current dynamic and ever changing conditions in the business environment have forced many businesses and organizations to have new strategies in place to enable them to survive in the competitive business environment. This paper addresses the failure in leadership of Eastman Kodak Company and how these failures were resolved. Background of Eastman Kodak Company Eastman Kodak Company is a technology company based in America. Its headquarter is in Rochester in New York. It…

organizations must dedicate themselves to nurturing and growing their competencies to ensure they continue to be effective and profitable. Unfortunately, initial or prolonged success is not enough to maintain an organization’s continued profitability. Many organizations fail to perform the introspection and environmental analysis needed to develop and institute changes to keep the company current; ultimately, this can lead to organizational decline and even death, if not corrected (Jones, 2012,…

rights for women whilst new technologies were being discovered. In light of this, women wished to involve themselves within the changing world, and the camera allowed them to do this, meeting their desire to produce art within the public realm. Gover compares this time with the period before the 1880s, when photography was largely inaccessible to women due to its burdensome equipment and technological complexity. However, after the 1880s, advances in photographic technology, such as the…

George Lois was born in Bronx New York. After a brief stint at an ad agency he left the “establishment” and started working at Doyle Dane Bernbach. Which was the hot agency of the time. He worked on various campaign while at DDB for one year, After one year he left to start his own agency, Papert Koenig Lois, where he started the “creative revolution.” Or the golden age of advertising, he along with many advertisers of the 60s created ads that connected with the public. We picked George Lois…