On September 4, 1888, George Eastman received the patent for his Kodak camera, which revolutionized photography.
The Kodak camera was like a small box that could be held in the hand. It replaced the large, complex cameras used by many professional photographers. What distinguished Mr. Eastman's new apparatus was the development of flexible paper film.
This film replaced the inconvenient glass photographic plates, which had to be developed immediately after exposure.
And the owner of the new Kodak camera could take 100 pictures and then send the camera without removing the film to the Eastman factory in Rochester, New York, reports ksp.
The technicians processed the film, printed the pictures and then returned it to the owner along with the camera, to which they inserted a new film. The company's motto was: "You push the button, we do the rest of the work."