Roll Film

• Much of the credit for popularizing photography goes to George Eastman (1854-1932). He began as a bank clerk in Rochester, NY, and built his Eastman Kodak Company into a great enterprise it is today. • In 1884 Eastman invented the equipment to mass produce roll film. “Eastnman’s American Film” was a roll of paper coated with thin gelatin emulsion. • Roll film made possible a new kind of camera - inexpensive, light and simple - that made everyone a potential photographer.

In the early years of the company, film base was manufactured and coated on long glass tables.

Royal Gold Kodak film, 1994