An original Kodak camera, created in 1888, the first camera to use rolls of film instead of plates
Eastman Dry Plate and Film CompanyView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryGeorge Eastman invented flexible roll film and in 1888 introduced the Kodak cameras shown to use this film. This camera is now known as the Original Kodak and it took 100 exposure rolls of film that g…
Portrait of George Eastman, inventor of the film roll and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company
Nadar, Paul 1856-1939View Full Item in Smithsonian Archives - History DivHistoric Images of the Smithsonian George Eastman (1854-1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company in 1888. Eastman popularized the use of roll film and helped make photography a mainstream hobby. Portra…
An early Kodak advertisement featuring their first slogan “You press the button, we do the rest”
KodakView Full Item in Duke University LibrariesSheet music for an 1898 song called “Taking the baby’s picture”
Plass, Wm. HView Full Item in Music Division. The New York Public LibraryDedication: Respectfully dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wilson, Detroit, Mich. Hand writing on cover: Blanche & Laura Griffin. On cover: Baby.
Advertisement geared to women for the Kodak “Brownie” camera
KodakView Full Item in Duke University LibrariesAdvertisement for a novelty squirt-gun shaped like a camera sold at the World’s Fair in 1904
View Full Item in Missouri History Museum1905 Kodak advertisement promoting the use of their cameras on vacations
KodakView Full Item in Duke University LibrariesAn issue of “The American amateur photographer and camera & dark-room” from 1907
View Full Item in University of MichiganTitle from cover. Issued also on microfilm from The Center for Research Libraries and Research Publications. Merged with: Photo beacon, to form: American photography. Formed by the union of: American…
Kodak advertisement from 1910 showing a child taking a picture of his grandfather
KodakView Full Item in Duke University LibrariesChild taking picture of Grandfather.
Patent for a machine to print photographs on paper from 1912
Loving, Roy RView Full Item in UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentPatent for a new and improved Photographic Printing Machine. The device allows for accurately positioning negative to contact accurately with printing paper. 2 Sheets, 4 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Film cartridge boxes for the Kodak V.P. Autographic camera from 1915
Eastman Kodak Company, Clark, Charles AsaView Full Item in Minnesota Historical SocietyBox containing a film cartridge for a Kodak V.P. (Vest Pocket) Autographic camera, owned by Charles Asa Clark of Saint Paul, Minnesota, circa 1915.
Cigarette card illustration showing a man taking a photograph of a young lady in a bathing suit
View Full Item in George Arents Collection. The New York Public LibraryI. Rutter & Co. - Mitcham's cigarettes - England.
Photograph of a camera club showing men and women using various types of cameras
Clark, JoeView Full Item in UNT Libraries Special CollectionsPhotograph of a camera club atop a hill. Men and women of different ages set up and use many different types of cameras. Two boys play with a net on the hill. This photo is a mirror image of another i…
Aerial photograph of the Eastman Kodak Company factory in 1922
New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual InstructionView Full Item in New York State ArchivesAerial view of the Kodak Park Plant of the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, Monroe County.
An exhibit at the New York World’s Fair in the 1930s showing the Kodak Supermatic Shutter
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)View Full Item in Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public LibraryAn Australian Kodak advertisement
Sellheim, Gert, 1901-1970View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. Poster no. 123 F.W. Niven Pty. Ltd. Melb. Sellheim
Photography manual marketed specifically to photographic clubs
Neblette, C. B. (Carroll Bernard)View Full Item in University of CaliforniaSelected references for student reading": p. 249.
The Kodak Bullet camera commemorating the New York World’s Fair in the 1930s
View Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryThis Eastman Kodak "Bullet" camera commemorates the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940.) The camera’s faceplate features the Fair’s dominant architectural features, the Trylon and the Perisphere. Curren…
Informal family photograph taken at a First Communion in the 1960s with a personal camera
View Full Item in Brooklyn Public LibraryThe Shanahan family (mother, two boys, and a girl) on the day of Eileen Shanahan's first Holy Communion, posing before iron railing at St. Francis Xavier Church on 6th Avenue in Park slope. Back row f…
Designs by Henry Dreyfuss for the Polaroid camera
Henry Dreyfuss, American, 1904–1972View Full Item in Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumResearch in Progress Design of camera, exploded to show individual components and their assembly. Olive colored view finder block and camera body in upper left quadrant, components extend out toward l…
Example of a carousel slide projector from 1963, a popular way to present photographs in the mid-20th century
Hans Gugelot, Reinhold HäckerView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Design
Advertisement offering a child’s camera for five dollars with the purchase of three packs of cigarettes
Philip MorrisView Full Item in UC San Francisco, Library, Industry Documents LibraryCigarette
Color snapshot of Monique Smith, a young Haitian American woman in Brooklyn, 1965
View Full Item in Brooklyn Public LibraryColor snapshot of Monique Smith, a young Haitian American woman in a brown dress perched against the back of a car at unknown location in Brooklyn; parked cars and row houses in background. Donated by…
An example of an early Polaroid instant photo format
View Full Item in Central Carolina Community CollegeStudents from the Central Carolina Technical Institute Telephony and Electrical Linemen program at the Lee County IEC building. (Polaroid)
Slide photograph of Las Vegas taken on a family vacation
O'Neal, TracyView Full Item in Georgia State University. LibrariesFrom slide carousel labeled "First Hawaii visit." O'Neal family vacation photos; date unknown but probably after 1965. Local identification number: L2002-11_05_02 Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection…
The photography club of Marymount College taking photographs in 1965
UnknownView Full Item in Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon LibraryIn 1923, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary first established an all-girls school in Los Angeles. Marymount School moved to a new campus on Sunset Boulevard in Westwood and opened a two-year ju…
Polaroid camera from 1965
Polaroid CorporationView Full Item in Minnesota Historical SocietyWhite, black and red plastic-cased Polaroid camera with attached rubber eye-cup and attached 18.5 cm black plastic carrying strap. Manufacturer's label beneath lens on front of camera has printed "POL…
Model of the Kodak pavilion at the HemisFair World’s Fair in 1968
View Full Item in UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections1 photograph : positive, col. ; 3 x 4 cm. A photograph of a three-dimensional model of the Kodak Pavilion at HemisFair '68. Visitors to the pavilion were introduced to the complexities and delights of…
Poster advertisting Kearny St. Workshop Asian American Photography classes in San Francisco in 1972
Wong, Leland, creatorView Full Item in UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research CollectionsThe poster features a black/white drawing of a man holding a rectangular boxlike object in one hand and pointing at it with the other hand. The man is wearing suspenders, and he is staring straight ah…
Polaroid photograph of the Cadillac Ranch, a public art installation in Amarillo, Texas
Ant FarmView Full Item in UC Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchiveKraft Velveeta Shells & Cheese dinner promotional camera, 1970s
View Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCameras promoting products, causes, exhibitions, celebrities, and organizations have been available since dry plates and roll film made mass snapshot photography possible. Some examples include 1920s…
Snapshot of the interior of home with family cat
View Full Item in Corona Public LibraryInside 935 West Rancho Road Interior of home at West Rancho Raod with family cat, Simon.
Color photograph, on postcard of a reunion at McLeod Plantation, July 1977
View Full Item in South Carolina Historical SocietyColor photograph, on postcard, of group of 17 people (men, women, and children) standing on step of portico at McLeod Plantation. Writing on back of image reads, "Reunion at McLeod Plantation July, 19…
News clip discussing a scandal involving the Polaroid company and business dealings in South Africa
Barrow-Murray, BarbaraView Full Item in WGBHIn this clip Robert Lenzner, reporter for the Boston Globe, talks about his involvement in uncovering the story about Polaroid's South African distributor violating the terms of Polaroid's policy not…
Polaroid photograph of a girl dancing
View Full Item in Memphis Public LibraryA photograph of a girl presumably dancing in front of a table of food.
Photograph of two people try to fix their broken camera
Nocella, SamView Full Item in Temple University"Olegna Buckner holds four instant pictures that turned out blank as Vince Costantino shakes the camera and listens for the problem." With clipping
Billboard advertising FujiFilm as an Olympic sponsor in 1984 in Los Angeles
Leonelli, ElisaView Full Item in Claremont Colleges LibraryOlympic sponsor FUJI FILM billboard on Hollywood building.
A Kodak camera using a film disc cartridge instead of film
Eastman Kodak CompanyView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryThe Kodak Disc 4000 camera was introduced in the 1980s, incorporating a new version of the popular disc format film cartridges used in 110 cameras. A round disc was prepared with fifteen 8x10mm negati…
Family posing for a picture with a life-size gorilla statue
Mange, Arthur PView Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesA family poses for a picture with a life-size gorilla sculpture.
Advertisement for Kodak disposable cameras
View Full Item in Duke University LibrariesKodak cameras advertisement.
A Canon AE-1 camera, the company’s popular single lens reflex camera
CanonView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryThis Canon AE-1 35mm camera is a 1990s version of the popular Japanese electronically-controlled automatic single lens reflex camera first introduced in 1976. Popular among amateurs, this light plasti…
A Canon Powershot digital camera
Canon, IncView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCanon released this Powershot A95 digital camera in August of 2004 that had an MSRP of $399.00. The 5 megapixel “point-and-shoot” camera had 3 times optical zoom. Affordable digital cameras led many c…
Video exploring the history of photography in Rochester, New York, particularly the Eastman Kodak company and Kodachrome film
Doremus, WyattView Full Item in WXXI Public BroadcastingThis episode explores the developments in photographic technology in the Rochester, NY area. Included are accounts of George Eastman's founding of the Kodak Company, Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsk…
An first generation iPhone featuring a camera lens on the back
Apple Industrial Design Team, USAView Full Item in Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumResearch in Progress Flat rectangular aluminum and plastic body with rounded corners; front composed of large glass touch-screen with black bands at top and bottom, showing colorful application "widge…
A 4-H and Youth fact sheet about digital photography geared to kids
Sagers, Stephen, Patterson, RonView Full Item in Utah State LibraryThis 4-H and Youth fact sheet provides information about digital photography that can be taught to kids.
A photograph shared by the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum via Instagram showing actor Chris Pratt facing off against the museum’s dinosaur skeletons
View Full Item in Smithsonian Archives - History DivChronology of Smithsonian History Social Media Digest 06/29/2015 This summer's blockbuster movie "Jurassic World" gave us all kinds of new hashtags and tweet-worthy images. The most popular of these w…
