George Eastman the inventor of the Kodak camera final resting place

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  • Опубліковано 14 вер 2021
  • Visiting the Kodak business park in Rochester New York to show the final resting place of George Eastman who invented the Kodak instant camera
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 188

  • @texasbecky1
    @texasbecky1 2 роки тому +58

    The camera truly is on of the inventions that changed our lives. Because of it, we get to look at pictures of loved ones we have lost. Thanks for another great story!!

  • @LawyerCalhoun1
    @LawyerCalhoun1 2 роки тому +74

    Eastman suffered from excruciating pain from spinal arthritis. His suicide note read "To my friends, My work is done, Why wait? "
    Someone once threatened to fire me from a job. I was ready to quit anyway. So when they said they were going to fire me, I said "To quote George Eastman, my work is done, why wait?" I walked out of the room. They tried to call me back, but I kept walking.

  • @melanieiwasko4393
    @melanieiwasko4393 2 роки тому +45

    I still remember when I got my first Kodak camera as a teenager,. Could not wait to get my film developed 😁

    • @devolinski
      @devolinski 2 роки тому +1

      Fotomats

    • @fiercenet
      @fiercenet 2 роки тому

      me too, got a kodak cameo with the flip up flash one year for christmas. waiting to get your pictures back was the best.

  • @amythomas1124
    @amythomas1124 2 роки тому +22

    George made it easy for many people to have many memories in photos. ❤️

  • @martinvaladez5319
    @martinvaladez5319 2 роки тому +21

    Loved those disposable cameras when I was a kid 😃😃

    • @perladelao
      @perladelao 2 роки тому

      I.always found something so nostalgic about a kodak disposable camera.

  • @emmadiaz7785
    @emmadiaz7785 2 роки тому +13

    "That's a Kodak Moments!", will treasure memories ty

  • @jeffgribble3255
    @jeffgribble3255 2 роки тому +25

    If you’re ever in Rochester again, go to his home on East Avenue. It is a fantastic museum on the history of photography and a theater. The vaults in the basement contain most of the original copies of films made in Hollywood to this day.

  • @bakercarl8518
    @bakercarl8518 2 роки тому +5

    I remember the Kodak Photomath Booths, where you drove up, drop off / pick up . They would develop your film ,you stay in your car.

  • @libertygiveme1987
    @libertygiveme1987 2 роки тому +24

    FASCINATING AS ALWAYS Lamont!!!! Yeah, Eastman was tired of living, but it's NOT OUR CALL!!!! Hope the Lord took pity on him!!!!

  • @victorias.3773
    @victorias.3773 2 роки тому +19

    Hi Lamont- what a wonderful surprise to see you where I was born and raised! My father worked for Kodak for many years. My mother to this day lives off of Lake Ave, less than a mile away from where you were. Another interesting video! Thanks for sharing!

    • @ryryy1980
      @ryryy1980 Рік тому +1

      I'm from the area too I wonder why he didn't visit Mount Hope. Which is way more interesting than the George Eastman memorial?

  • @LoriMac89
    @LoriMac89 2 роки тому +14

    New generations still buy actual cameras, as they appreciate the authenticity that phones don’t have.

    • @Bonzi_Buddy
      @Bonzi_Buddy 2 роки тому +1

      Digital camera sales are way down and replacement/refreshment cycles have been extended. There will always be a market for higher end DSLR cameras with high resolution photos and video. But the point and shoot camera market has been in sharp decline since 2010.

    • @LoriMac89
      @LoriMac89 2 роки тому +1

      @@Bonzi_Buddy truth. fortunately I have a daughter who is old school with her point and click camera.

    • @suzzzzzzy
      @suzzzzzzy 2 роки тому

      @@LoriMac89 that is awesome!! There is something so “truthful” in that kind of picture taking!

  • @alissastephens-delgado8024
    @alissastephens-delgado8024 2 роки тому +13

    Eastman had a very painful spinal disorder in the last 2 years of his life that led to his suicide.
    I still have a working Kodak camera!!

  • @mikeforce5926
    @mikeforce5926 2 роки тому +9

    I pretty much know how Mr.Eastman felt.I lost all my family to cancer,had no kids,never met my soulmate and im 62yrs old.All my mom and i have left is each other and she is pretty sick.I think i can say when she is gone,my life will be worthless.I.I don't want to be alone in this cold cruel world.Im not asking for pity.

  • @angieburnett4341
    @angieburnett4341 2 роки тому +7

    Wow, 87 years ago today you planned that didn't you Lamont?! (On the plaque with his picture it says 9/15/1934) Always cool videos, thanks & love you Lamont!

  • @carayj
    @carayj 2 роки тому +17

    Fascinating Grave, keep them coming

  • @minekara6407
    @minekara6407 2 роки тому +1

    Mr Eastman not only achieved many successful inventions, he was also a very generous person. In London we have a dental hospital named after him due to his philanthropy. RIP

  • @Sunnybrook69
    @Sunnybrook69 2 роки тому +3

    I had one of the original cameras from Eastman Kodak and lost it in our house fire that burned everything to the ground. The cameras that I had were all passed down through the generations and after two years I am still not over it. I also had a letter from Mr. Eastman to my great great grandpa which is gone now too. Very few materialistic items did I care about. My great great grandfather was a photographer for the PA Coroner's office and then he opened a portrait studio. Ugh shedding tears now.

  • @Clonehalle
    @Clonehalle 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, you're an hour away from Buffalo, my city! Please come here Lamont

  • @ericajohnson7121
    @ericajohnson7121 2 роки тому +1

    Hey, My Hometown. Awesome Video. My Dad worked for Kodak for years and retired from there.

  • @binoyrakesh
    @binoyrakesh 2 роки тому +7

    Aaah Rochester NY ! Went to school there (RIT). It's turned into a sleepy college town these days (U of R, RIT, Monroe CC) after the Kodak and Xerox closure. The city had great history in Tech but has been going through rough times in the last 20 years or so. @Lamont, while you're there, try the "garbage plate" with cheese burgers at Nick Tahou Hots !!! Please.

  • @jakkermanrn
    @jakkermanrn 2 роки тому +5

    I’ll continue to say this….These videos are so great! You do stories on people I never would have given thought to. So sad that he ended his own life. 😢

  • @vbrad6226
    @vbrad6226 2 роки тому +4

    Welcome to my city of Rochester. Hopefully you had a chance to visit Mount Hope Cemetery. Fredrick Douglass and Susan B Anthony is buried there.

  • @kaylenbowlby2786
    @kaylenbowlby2786 2 роки тому +1

    I loved the Kodak cameras and I never forget it because I took pictures and took them to the store to get them developed.

  • @BassGirlSusan1961
    @BassGirlSusan1961 2 роки тому +4

    Still got my father's box brownie, takes pride of place in my keepsake cabinet. Great video as always Lamont xx

  • @carmellitale-man2671
    @carmellitale-man2671 2 роки тому +2

    Loving the content Lamont my first Kodak I bought cost me $5 which was alot of money back then when my nan got the photos back she was even more angry at me as a few were of sand on a beach not the water just sand lol thanks you kodak and it's sad to hear how he died RIP keep them coming Lamont we are in lockdown great way to pass the day many thanks

  • @Linda-in9ns
    @Linda-in9ns 2 роки тому +5

    Hello Lamont. Thanks for this story.

  • @dittysoprettypussy7874
    @dittysoprettypussy7874 2 роки тому +2

    What a Kodak moment‼📷📸

  • @ryryy1980
    @ryryy1980 Рік тому +1

    It's crazy that you were in Rochester New York but didn't visit Mount Hope cemetery. The amount of famous people in there along with interesting people. Is incredible

  • @mickib381
    @mickib381 2 роки тому +2

    My grandfather worked for Eastman Kodak in the 40's and 50's until he passed away in 1957

  • @martinvaladez5319
    @martinvaladez5319 2 роки тому +4

    Morning from cali..take care out there lamont!!

  • @joshuasimmonds
    @joshuasimmonds 2 роки тому +3

    Welcome to the Roc, Lamont. Set up a fan meet up! I see there are a few of us here hahaha

  • @patmccamy4126
    @patmccamy4126 2 роки тому +2

    I am a retired wedding photographer and I find the history of photography pretty amazing!!!!!!!! Lamont - what happened to that video about the boy in Boardman, Ohio? I watched it, live right next door to Boardman and now it's gone? Not sure what happened? Pat

  • @LetstalkwithDoubleJ
    @LetstalkwithDoubleJ 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks always seeing and hearing things we didn’t know

  • @rocousilly676
    @rocousilly676 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks again Lamont for all that you do for us in bringing these stories to us, you the man.

  • @clarebear6736
    @clarebear6736 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting. The camera plays a huge part in our lives. Thank you Lamont.

  • @MatthewChenault
    @MatthewChenault 2 роки тому +3

    George Eastman revolutionized photography by developing a camera that needed very little exposure time to burn the image onto the film.
    Compared to the Tin Type photographs, it was less likely to cause blurring and could capture things in the process of moving. Where movements with the tin type photographs often resulted in a highly distorted and blurred image, Eastman’s camera would capture the moving object in that instant.

  • @michellelangdon5134
    @michellelangdon5134 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this awesome video on George Eastman. I love the wide range of people you choose to cover. You never fail to amaze me with your interesting facts. Take care and safe travels!

  • @princeofavalar3780
    @princeofavalar3780 2 роки тому +1

    If you're ever in Buffalo, Forest Lawn Cemetery has several famous graves, beautiful mausoleums, and is just an overall amazing cemetery.

  • @patriciathomas1252
    @patriciathomas1252 2 роки тому +1

    I remember my Mother's brownie camera..... she remembers it too. My Mother is 93.

  • @michaelmay8370
    @michaelmay8370 2 роки тому +1

    Lamont you are awesome man keep on keeping on my brother 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍

  • @robertlukas6335
    @robertlukas6335 2 роки тому +1

    Right on dude . I love graveyards I will be here. Great stuff.

  • @Derek-ws2xu
    @Derek-ws2xu 2 роки тому +1

    WOW we have came a long way i remember Kodak cameras in the 60s

  • @PCross38115
    @PCross38115 2 роки тому +1

    My uncle and cousin both retired from that very location. My sister still lives in Rochester.

  • @robinlaniertomlinson5373
    @robinlaniertomlinson5373 2 роки тому +1

    That was another great video. Sorry to hear it was sad desperate ending. Had no idea. 😢 I remember my first Kodak instamatic I got for Christmas in the 70s and the Disc in the 80s. 🙂

  • @scottkemp2747
    @scottkemp2747 2 роки тому +3

    I wish I knew you were coming to Rochester I would like to have met you interesting place Rochester Ny

  • @Rotnbully
    @Rotnbully 2 роки тому +1

    My Uncle hustling for those hidden gem stories and people 👌🏿

  • @catherineferguson7388
    @catherineferguson7388 2 роки тому +1

    Hi there, I wandered who started the Kodak camera, what a beautiful gravesite, very sad ending to his life, he will be happy now being with his mum, bless him, very well kept Cemetery, RIP George Eastman.and Thank you for your invention. All the best Lamont. Xxx

  • @CinnamonDelight-xb8pl
    @CinnamonDelight-xb8pl 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Lamont very interesting.

  • @sherylchapman4168
    @sherylchapman4168 2 роки тому +2

    Hey, I remember the Brownie camera! I had one as a kid.

  • @bobpeckinpaugh2550
    @bobpeckinpaugh2550 2 роки тому +1

    Hello LaMont! Find a copy of Malcom Forbes' book "They Went That A-Way" Great read with a story about Mr. Eastman.

  • @brahmabkitty03
    @brahmabkitty03 2 роки тому +1

    Rochester!!! I have an Aunt who used to be a Principal over a huge Child Development Center there!

  • @rosemoon8116
    @rosemoon8116 2 роки тому +1

    Also back then, people would take photos with their dead loved ones before burying them. They would put them on devices to make them stand or sit up and draw black dots on the eyes to make it like they were awake.

  • @jetpetty1613
    @jetpetty1613 2 роки тому +2

    Just fyi history - they did have the analog version of Photoshop back then. They often "retouched" pictures to enhance skin and figure in the 1800s. There are books/guides instructing photographers how to do this.

  • @timothyscavo8510
    @timothyscavo8510 2 роки тому +14

    Rochester NY is my native town. Kodak used to be a world empire, so much so that so many locals were employed by Kodak that the Great Depression barely affected Rochester.
    Kodak has now fallen from their world prominence.

  • @tracyjohnson6724
    @tracyjohnson6724 2 роки тому +5

    That was an awesome trip back in time. May he rest in peace. Thank you Lamont for another great video.

  • @jessicarolfe7610
    @jessicarolfe7610 2 роки тому +2

    I live less than 4 miles from there. Love the vid!!

  • @TheSamleigh
    @TheSamleigh 2 роки тому

    My fathers family had a box brownie and I got given that to use as a first camera in primary school. I remember getting a couple good B & W photos from it.

  • @cynthiaweldon6383
    @cynthiaweldon6383 2 роки тому +1

    I really enjoyed this video Lamont, Thanks. 🥰❤

  • @youtubehandle-
    @youtubehandle- 2 роки тому +1

    Good and interesting video, thanks Lamont. 👍

  • @Frankie343
    @Frankie343 2 роки тому +4

    good one 👍🏻

  • @naomifox9337
    @naomifox9337 2 роки тому +2

    I love history thanks for sharing

  • @fixinggrace
    @fixinggrace 2 роки тому +1

    This was a photo finish for sure. Love your channel

  • @marykazeck1449
    @marykazeck1449 2 роки тому +1

    George Eastman was my mother's uncle..🌺

  • @frankvella1392
    @frankvella1392 2 роки тому +1

    Linda Eastman gone too The Beatles "Hello"😉👍

  • @MastiffMom4Ever
    @MastiffMom4Ever 2 роки тому +1

    I have a lot of family that used to work for Eastman Kodak

  • @karenh4058
    @karenh4058 2 роки тому +3

    I’ve read that he chose the name Kodak because he figured it would be easy for people all over the world to pronounce.

    • @elizabethtimothy4776
      @elizabethtimothy4776 2 роки тому +1

      Really genius even in choosing a name as that name is truly easy to pronounce no matter where you are in the world. ICONiC! May God rest his soul in peace.

  • @Nicecalgarian
    @Nicecalgarian 2 роки тому +2

    I like your vlogs. They come with background information and history. Thank you Lamont 🙏🇨🇦

  • @kevinbrooks1104
    @kevinbrooks1104 2 роки тому +1

    It all goes back to money cannot buy you happiness, you have to do what you love,

  • @bradklingensmith
    @bradklingensmith 2 роки тому +1

    Eastman chemicals is still a huge company and my friend works there as a chemist.

  • @perladelao
    @perladelao 2 роки тому +1

    Wow this brings insight to a death of an elderly cousin. He kept telling his daughters he didnt really want to live anymore bc he was starting to need a wheelchair. They took care of him very well and he was mentally there, but his wife died years before. His daughters said they were going to the grocery store and would be back in a few. He didnt even wait for them to pull out the driveway grabbed a revolver they had for protection and done. He just didn't see a point anymore

  • @stacyharris962
    @stacyharris962 2 роки тому +1

    Wow this channel is growing fast Lamont. I couldn’t imagine life without a camera especially now days.

  • @debbiegsyarnylove8424
    @debbiegsyarnylove8424 2 роки тому

    My grandparents owned a brownie where you looked down into it, I remember playing with it 🤩👍👏

  • @justmevee5725
    @justmevee5725 2 роки тому +2

    Hello from Rochester, NY!! Would have been very cool to run into you!!

  • @karenwright4587
    @karenwright4587 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting as always take care lamont much love from England 🇬🇧 ❤ xx

  • @deedeelovesiceasmrandmore2037
    @deedeelovesiceasmrandmore2037 2 роки тому +2

    Shake it, like a Polaroid Picture- Outkast!! 🎶)

  • @demira221
    @demira221 2 роки тому

    Another great video !!! Thank you for always sharing the stories of those who have been forgotten ❣️

  • @loribabineaux6036
    @loribabineaux6036 2 роки тому +1

    Love you, Lamont!

  • @online3010
    @online3010 Рік тому

    I liked his epitaph "To my friends, my work is done. Why wait?"

  • @draxiemariecoleman3725
    @draxiemariecoleman3725 2 роки тому

    Another great video, Thanks Lamont!

  • @coinslotsandjoysticks2572
    @coinslotsandjoysticks2572 2 роки тому +1

    I still have my family's brownie cameras both still work like new

  • @robbylake3784
    @robbylake3784 2 роки тому

    Awesome. I was a Kodak collector. Thanks for taking the time share his story.

  • @kathywrightjohnson6804
    @kathywrightjohnson6804 2 роки тому

    I was born in Rochester! I live south of there in a small town. You are in my neighborhood. If you go to Conesus 's Arrnold cemetery my grandparents and great grandparents some Aunt's and Uncles and cousins buried there. The McNinches and Walkley families. Friends are there also.

  • @Sub2_EvocativeLofiandHiphop
    @Sub2_EvocativeLofiandHiphop 2 роки тому +2

    I live 5min from there, man I wish I would of been able to meet you lol

  • @Lisa-cj6vx
    @Lisa-cj6vx 2 роки тому +1

    Yay!! Lamont!! I live about 30 miles south of there ! So cool that you're in Rochester!!❤

  • @kimlongobardi1145
    @kimlongobardi1145 2 роки тому +1

    Great video.

  • @wyattglen1
    @wyattglen1 2 роки тому +1

    Well done. Keep them coming.

  • @catcrazy67
    @catcrazy67 2 роки тому

    Great vlog Lamont thanks

  • @joseocasio7705
    @joseocasio7705 2 роки тому

    Thks Lamont I never heard of him wht a interested story 🙏👍😎

  • @rhiannonrede
    @rhiannonrede 2 роки тому

    Very interesting &very well done! Thanks.

  • @kcunlimitedeats
    @kcunlimitedeats 2 роки тому

    Very beautiful memorial park.

  • @andreamarin4296
    @andreamarin4296 2 роки тому

    Excellent video as always!

  • @pollutro76
    @pollutro76 2 роки тому

    You finally got near Buffalo. Hopefully you do a blog in Buffalo. How about East Aurora? A story about the Roycroft and Elbert Hubbard. Heck Lamont we'd be honored to take you to dinner if you're ever here.

  • @Wootangtw
    @Wootangtw 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks buddy…

  • @patrashdigger
    @patrashdigger 2 роки тому +1

    Good informative video, thanks!

  • @r6j19c65
    @r6j19c65 2 роки тому

    Welcome to NY Lamont love your videos

  • @bobglaid3737
    @bobglaid3737 2 роки тому

    Lamont you sure do get around. Thanks for posting these videos.

  • @tommiehaynes33
    @tommiehaynes33 2 роки тому +3

    I love your history lessons!! I learn something new every time you post something.

  • @desireehall6156
    @desireehall6156 2 роки тому

    Fascinating to invent something like that

  • @rtreadway4879
    @rtreadway4879 2 роки тому

    I drive a chemical tanker truck I haul from the Eastman Chemical company in Kingsport Tennessee. I didn’t realize Mr Eastman was buried in New York

  • @corallewis3093
    @corallewis3093 2 роки тому

    I wonder what the stone read? Thanks Lamont for another good story!