George Eastman
Part A:
George Eastman is one of the greatest inventers of all time. His life wasn't easy, but still through all the struggles he went through in his life time, he still managed to be successful.
Eastman was born in the village of Waterville, New York. He was born into a family of three kids and a loving mother and father. But all of Eastmans struggle in life started when his father died. Eastman was only able to go to school until he was 14 years old, he was forced to dropo out of high school and finf employement to meet his family needs. Eastman found a job as a meesenger boy with an insurance firm that paid him only 3 dollars a week. A year later he found another job that increased his pay by 5 dollars a week by beconming a office boy, he took charge of policy filling and even wrote policies.
But even with 5 dollars a week wasn't enough to support his family, so he studied at home in the evenings for acountings. Five years after serving insurance businesses, he finally got a job at a savings bank as a junior clerk. His income tripled to more than 15 dollars a week.
Eastman's interest to photographs did not start until he bought a photographic outfit with all the tools that come with it. From there he spent his whole nights after work experimenting in his mother's kitchen. His mother said that some nights he would be so tired that he couldn't undress and would fall asleep on the floor, but slept on a blaket beside the kitchen stove.
After spending three years of experimenting he finally found a formula that worked! Eastman knew the importance of advertising his product, so he made posters and catch phrases such as "Kodak" or "You press the button, we do the rest." The word "Kodak" was invented out of thin air by Eastman himself, he simply like the letter "K" and want the word to end with a "K" so Kodak was what he came up with. Soon after he advertized his product, he become oe of the richest man in the U.S, with an increase income by 60 dollars a week compared to 3 dollars a week when he first started working at the age of 14 years old.
Eastman died at the age of 77 years old on March 14,1932. He died by his own with no childeren and no wife. Eastman is not only known for his invetion but how kind he is to spend his fortune to the public people.
If you would like to learn more about Goerge Eastman and his kindness of giving away part of his fortune to the public you can go to http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/eastmanTheMan.jhtml?pq-path=2689&pq-locale=en_US
Here are some pictures of Eatman's house which I found facinating to me.
George Eastman's house is one of the worlds oldest photography museums. Built by Eastman himself.
George Eastman's House.
great post - thanks.
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