Eastman, George
inventor, was born July 12, 1854, in Waterville, N. Y. As an amateur photographer and experimenter during this period he perfected a process for making dry plates, and in 1881 began to manufacture dry plates on a small scale. The Eastman Dry Plate company now employs 700 people, and has a branch factory in Harrow, England. The Kodak was the greatest hit, and the Eastman Kodak company, formed to produce it, capital $5,000,000, is sending its goods all over the world.