The Timely Death of Kodak Founder George Eastman

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[@jaspr1999]

I never thought about it but when I couldn't afford my first real wheelchair my physical therapist got me a grant for $250 to help. The grant was through Eastman. It never occurred to me that this was possibly from Eastman Kodak or at least through Mr. Eastman's estate.

[@andrewyoung4473]

How interesting how that worked out!

[@videolabguy]

Oh, wow! Insert Twilight Zone music here. Also glad to hear you received kindness from where you weren't expecting.

[@TheStockwell]

Eastman was a self-made multimillionaire who never forgot being broke. He didn't sit on his money or obsess over how much he could amass - he used it to make other people's live better and richer.

[@camgood2437]

the most prominent psychological theory regarding the increase of suicides in springtime is that it happens because people feel the discrepancy between the fact that their environment is becoming better and more enjoyable, but they're inner emotional state is not. many people likely get the sense that, if they can't be happy in this beautiful setting, then all hope is lost. it's a very sad trick if the mind, as is seasonal affect dirtier disorder, which is depression due to lack of exposure to sunlight, as in winter time. I just hope that more people can be reached out to so they can see clearly that they can make their lives happier, and they can always create the life they want for themselves.. great video.

[@TheJttv]

Aye Rochester, NY. Born and raised here and my dad spent 26 years with Kodak. Also Kodak was so big here that they had their own bank for employees Called "ESL" or Eastman Savings and Loans. The bank is now public and still very popular in the area. Whenever someone talks about ESL in reference to gaming it takes me a second to realize they are not talking about a bank.

[@garbomode29]

heyy my dad also worked at kodak (now he works in a building with a naked man on it what)

[@gfox9295]

What does ESL mean in reference to gaming? Guessing Electronic Sports League or something? Never heard of it, personally. MLG being a much more commonly-heard gaming-related acronym along a similar line. The most common meaning of ESL is "English as a Second Language."

[@johncournoyer3624]

they had their own streets under the city, with their own fire and security force. It was Huge. I lived across from the Kodak in Ogden

[@theallseeingmaster]

His house is not 'enormous' but it is fairly large; modest if you consider his wealth. Rochester is a very conservative city, if you have great wealth, you drive a Volvo in this town. Today, most people in Rochester have no idea where he is buried which is in front of his beloved Kodak Park.

[@centurion1945]

It should also be noted that his ashes being interned in the middle of Kodak park is specifically against his will in which he specified he wanted to be buried in the simple family plot where his mother and sister were buried. The city decided he should have a more grand memorial and as such built a large plinth in Kodak Park to which his remains stay inside of to this day.

[@granthart7120]

Visited the Museum in his home and was startled by the unusual and beautiful woodwork. I wish I could remember the name of the wood, It was of a white color and very hard.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Interesting fact about the George Eastman House (which is now a museum, btw). After it was built George wanted to enlarge it, so they literally cut the house in half vertically , moved one half to create a gap in the middle, then put the addition there. And speaking as a native Rochesterian, I can tell you that (a) I knew where he was buried, (b) Rochester is no longer as affluent as it was when Kodak was in its heyday, and (c) George Eastman's contributions to this city were enormous and still impact us today. I work at the University of Rochester...he literally paid for the entire original campus (circa 1920) out of his own pocket.

[@garbomode29]

this is a completely irrelevant fact but Nathaniel Rochester owned slaves

[@AprilleShepherd]

Waves from Peterborough Ontario. I grew up listening and watching Rochester and Buffalo TV and Radio. Was blessed to have a photographer father who taught me the old school way to develop film and photos (pre-digital) ( I am 30 now). As I pilot, I remember flying at night over Cobourg and Port Hope, Ontario... looking south and seeing the lights of Rochester.

[@St33ldancer]

I live in Rochester, and I didn’t know this about Eastman. Thanks!

[@Cevans3535]

The green screen is really fucking with me when you wear glasses. Every time you turn your head and your glasses reflect the green screen behind you, the portion of your head the reflection covers disappears.

[@JustMe-vd9cp]

+A3jose348sf Me? oh....i was born without a brain 😄👍😝

[@dlcalbaugh]

You do a really good job, Simon. These videos are done with great care and quality. The editing is superb. Thank you for the information.

[@chocoluver18]

My dad worked in Kodak 1980s Im grateful what Kodak Eastman did in our. Life. Me my siblings were able to finished university. I owe my life to eastman... god bless him and family .. from philipines

[@revtmyers1]

I will have to bring this up in our production meeting today at Eastman Kodak as a trivia question. I never knew.

[@WildernessRocks]

Rochester is a crazy place in general. The Kodak building is awesome! There also was a top secret nuclear reactor in the basement 😀👍

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Your videos always have me googling other facts. I found out that Linda Eastman (deceased wife of Paul McCartney) was not related to the Kodak Eastman family, as I had always thought.

[@SarahHeartfrost1]

I’m actually a student of the Eastman School of Music. This is really interesting to learn about a huge benefactor of my school

[@MakeSomething]

This video spoke to me as a hobby photographer. Great job!

[@ClearTheRubble7]

I just discovered this channel a few weeks ago and enjoy it very much. I knew nothing at all about Eastman-Kodak (except for the fact that they made cameras and film), but this story was more interesting than I thought it would be. Subbed.

[@asbrand]

Rochester wasn't the only location for the famous Eastman Kodak factory. The town of Kingsport, TN sprang into existence nearly all because of Eastman. This is the area I was born and raised, and many family members had their entire careers there, including a Grandfather, and my step-father.

[@LunaHarp91]

This was heavy. I relate to him greatly, the feeling of not wanting to succumb to illness. Especially after watching my own late sister slowly deteriorate due to lupus.

[@mercenarie95]

finally some one talks about one of my home towns famous people

[@garbomode29]

yeah! go Rochester!

[@1954JDR]

You have the most interesting topics. Thank you.

[@wholeNwon]

I attended the U. of Rochester and benefited from GE's generosity. One of his associates also gave a huge sum to build a new dental school there. His home is worth a visit. It has one of the largest organs in a private residence. They probably still give recitals. He himself was an accomplished musician.

[@wreckingpress7080]

umm.. two things you may want to revise or correct. at 3:48 you mentioned a light. considering electricity was not common in the 1870's the only artificial light sources a photographer had available were magnesium strips, flash powder (stupid dangerous even then so it was rarely used), or gas theater lights when available. none of which are needed for an outdoor photographer. a common outfit then would have consisted of a camera, tripod, lens, and portable darkroom box and the accompanying chemicals, chemical baths, and gutta percha trays. at 4:32 you mentioned gelatin instead if glass. I don't think that'd work since the gelatin is not rigid in any way or form and requires a substrate; it was used as the replacement for light sensitive emulsion instead of collodion: an ether, ethanol, metal salts, and gun cotton mixture which is quite flammable. Check out "The Silver Sunbeam", a book that details the process, chemicals, technique, and some equipment published in the 1860's. I really enjoyed the video and would suggest that if you do research on the wet plate process to talk with one of the many wet plate photographers out there worldwide, as for whatever reason there have been quite a few myths about the process that continue to make it into books, guides, movies, and other published materials.

[@lazyishardwork]

Linda Eastman was the daughter of Lee Eastman who was the grandson of George Eastman then later became Linda McCartney.

[@tereasia]

Great story, thank you!

[@trippingpug5513]

Well, good for him. He changed the world, helped people, and went out on his own terms. Not many people get to do that.

[@baddmanaz]

Written in American English, presented in British English.

[@centurion1945]

Just a note that the Eastman House is still around to this day as a museum as well as one of the largest archives of film in the world. In what is without a doubt one of the creepiest things I have ever seen, they have his suicide note and pistol on display in the room in the room in which he shot himself.

[@agensop]

being from rochester and living around the corner from the eastman house this was pretty cool!

[@AbudBakri]

Should've shot a selfie....

[@piranha031091]

Funny bumping into you here after seeing you on Cody's channel!

[@vegetablescankill]

Dr.StickFigure haha I saw you on Cody's lab

[@HartyBiker]

Dr.StickFigure I saw you on the Today I Found Out youtube channel

[@markstafford1205]

I could stop by and take a selfie of you. if you wish. ;)

[@frankharr9466]

That's my home town. He was also a bit of a utomianist. He instituted a 13 month callandar for the internal accounting of his company. He promoted the graduated income tax. He supported some experimental building designs in Rochester. The Eastman School of Music and Eastman School of Dentestry are both names after him.

[@mrpw1402]

Last time I was this early, Kodak was still a thing

[@SmithMrCorona]

Kodak is still a thing, and they're growing. The company posted a $16 million net profit during its 2016 fiscal year. The use of film - both in professional, amateur and film making circles, is increasing.

[@ghenulo]

Mi nostalgias, sed ne sopiras la ekbrilojn.

[@ronkkrop]

Kodak is still a thing. They filed for chapter 11 in 2012?(ish) and sold a whole bunch of assets, exiting bankruptcy protection in 2013. They are by no means captains of industry as they were but they still exist and it doesn't look like they're disappearing anytime soon.

[@caulkins69]

Not B.S. Also nothing to do with Kodak.

[@pudmina]

+I'm the father, etc., etc., etc ..... You call BS on ultrasonic ranging. It has been used for many years and is still used even though laser ranging is more accurate due to the shorter wavelength of light compared to sound. Sonic ranging modules are available from multiple suppliers and can easily be found doing a quick internet search. You should probably do a little research before calling BullShit on anything.

[@franklinblankenship8991]

can you imagine....taking pictures and not being able to see how they turned out for months, after the company mailed them back to you...even a one hour photo seems like a long time nowadays, and I'm just 35...I remember having to drop off film and go pick it up...there were lines of people...ah analog....

[@Kenroy75]

That little tidbit about the holiday season was the most interesting part of the video

[@TakaComics]

The Rochesterian, in its natural habitat, sees a link that mentions George Eastman, and is compelled to click it while drinking Genesee and eating a garbage plate. It is a sad life, which will most likely end with being shot on Jay St.

[@sbaromski]

Trevor Kent at least we've got Wegmans. oh, and plenty of drugs.

[@garbomode29]

Scott Baromski and gas stations with surprisingly good coffee (seriously, FastTrack, they're great)

[@potatofarmerbowbow3557]

TotallyNotARobot not just the coffee, also the cheap gas with the fastrac card!

[@SlyPearTree]

I used to feel very depressed in April, I never figured out why. Now that I'm retired and taking anti anxiety medication I feel ok, I don't remember how I felt in April last year though.

[@ChrisD4335]

I don't see anything wrong with suicide for the right reasons, like robin Williams for example. He did it because his body was failing and soon it would be nothing but a burden on his family. Not wanting this his took care of business, this is brave not cowardly. It is cowardly to live on out of fear of death knowing nothing but misery for both you and your loved ones is your future. This man did the same.

[@ChrisD4335]

If you torture your family due too your selfish desire too exist your a coward, sorry if you don't like that.

[@brickman409]

Well, you're going to go off anecdotal stories, then I got one for you. Back when the 2008 recession hit, there was this guy in my town who had lost his job, he couldn't take the stress of losing his job so he killed himself. He had three kids and a wife. He basically just abandoned them because he couldn't deal with the stress. I'd call that cowardly and selfish. Suicide puts a family through a lot of pain. More so than in any situation where that person just kept on living, whether it be an illness, or losing a job. Now I'm not saying all suicides are cowardly, but each situation is different.

[@dylanpearson9480]

Brian I think you have no right to talk down to Chris. It should be completely up to someone what they do with their life. While I think assessment of their situation and therapy may be needed, in the case of burdening ones family to an extent that the person them-self feels uncomfortable with they should have the choice to make by their own free will. It's not selfish or wrong to make the decision you feel is morally right, especially if it's for the betterment of those you care about.

[@ArkanToS182]

All people, with severe illness or not, are going to suffer and die in the end.

[@lamoinette23]

supposedly he had been given a diagnosis of a degenerative illness..

[@daveayerstdavies]

You suggested that gelatin replaced the glass. This is mistaken, the gelatin enabled a dry rather than wet emulsion. It was cellulose that was the replacement for the glass of earlier plates. It was the combination of gelatin based dry emulsion and flexible cellulose film with opaque paper backing that transformed photography.

[@mikeearussi]

You have one technical flaw in your video. The gelatin in the dry plate didn't replace the glass plate, it replaced the wet emulsion. Dry plates consist of a glass plate with a gelatin coating. That was Eastman's first major technical innovation, his second major innovation was replacing the glass with celluloid.

[@sch601]

I was planning to write the same, but I've checked the comments section. :-)

[@romaerb4161]

I have shame as a light sculptor that this is the first time I ever heard Mr. Eastman's story. Thank you.

[@wthinthecompassofman]

I would love to see a video on the origin/evolution of the phrase "Once more, with feeling". It's been used as a title for songs, chapters in books and even missions in video games, and I wonder if it derives from an older, similar phrase?

[@raymondj8768]

another good video i love learning like this thanxs alot

[@Cmoredebris]

George Eastman was actually the co founder of Eastman Dry Plate Co., which was later renamed Eastman Kodak. When Maria opened the Eastman home to boarders, Henry Strong, owner of the Strong and Woodbury Whips and Lashes Co. in Rochester and his wife Helen, in need of lodging after their house burned, became boarders. Henry and George became friends and Henry took an interest in the dry plates George experimented on in Maria's kitchen. When they decided to start a photography enterprise, Henry sold his buggy whip business and put up $1,000 to fund the company, then later in 1881added another $5,000. George and Henry were co founders and Henry worked as president for another 20 years, before retiring at 63 years old.

[@garbomode29]

I was actually just at the George Eastman House yesterday. I'm fairly sure they had a gingerbread house contest there a few years ago...

[@fireflocs]

Did you guys get a new camera recently or something? Mr. Whistler looks a lot clearer/sharper than he used to.

[@wellesradio]

Now you have to do one about the history of gelatin. Not just Jello, gelatin. How did they come up with it? What was its purpose? What are all it's uses? And speaking of Jello, why was it invented near Rochester, as you mentioned? Was there a big gelatin industry in the area?

[@djstringsmusic2994]

My grandpa was a chemist for Kodak in Rochester, He helped develop colored ink for color printers

[@MicrophonicFool]

Never noticed it in past videos, but in this one particular your glasses are breaking the blue/green screen effect.

[@ViolettaVie]

This was an interesting video but could you please make sure your text is readable. White text against a gray gradient background with white at the center is counterproductive if you expect people to read it. And I actually do. It's all washed out so I can't. But I have noticed this with a few videos, so please in future fix this.

[@mcfrdmn]

Very interesting video clip !

[@janislamberts2468]

Hello, again Simon!

[@greensteve9307]

Great vid! That was really interesting. :)

[@TrikeSquadron]

wow. I did not know about Eastman's death by his own hand. interesting video.

[@dark1810]

gotta admire a man who chooses his own time with a clear mind imho

[@roadmaster720]

suicide is NEVER to be admired.i lost my dad,brother and 1st cousin to suicide. too sad to be ADMIRED. your comment is very inappropriate.

[@lmao510]

Euthenasia is not suicide

[@TheStockwell]

Eastman was an inventive and down-to-Earth visionary and philanthropist. He also was an adventurer who hunted big game in Africa and cooked food on a campfire. He was in crippling pain at the end of his life, his walk a slow shuffle. He was Steve Jobs - and Ernest Hemingway.

[@bobrady8716]

video suggestion. why do we pray at home by getting on our knee and folding our hands together.

[@killakidxyz9380]

When your turn your head the frames of your glasses disappear...I will never stop noticing that...and I wonder why it happens...

[@ghostrider2664]

Well no one could ever accuse George Eastman of not being a man of action. My father grew up in Rochester so over the years we heard a lot of stories about Kodak, But he didn't tell us about all that!

[@mitch19636]

Kodak make the printers used at the local radiology places around here. A lot quicker AND less ecological footprint than the 'old' way i.e. these printers now use paper. They sit quietly in a central location and are connected via standard network cables to the computers etc. Another improvement I have seen since I first saw an Xray that was white on black celluloid. Now they are high res on heavy paper...

[@johnclerefilms]

Sorry Simon, but there are definitely some inaccuracies here. The big one is that Kodak didn't start out as Kodak at all. It started out under Eastman's name. He invented the Kodak and people started calling all cameras a Kodak, so he changed the company name to Eastman Kodak, which remained long after his death until eventually it just became Kodak. That's the thing that everyone gets wrong - Kodak was the name of the camera. It became so popular that Eastman melded it into the company name.

[@tfrerich]

A "dry plate" still used glass to hold the sensitized emulsion. The difference is this: with wet plate the emulsion was applied (in a portable darkroom) by the photographer and the photograph was taken while it was still wet. It then had to be developed while wet. With a dry plate, the emulsion (the gelatin base you referred to) was applied earlier, most often by a manufacturer rather than the photographer. A photograph could be taken at any time, and it could be developed much later. This meant that the portable darkroom requirement was a thing of the past.

[@SuperPickle15]

John Clere actually, Eastman and Kodak separated in two different companies. Eastman is still a huge chemical company, while Kodak attempts at digital cameras.

[@robertt9342]

SuperPickle15 while Kodak did ruin their chances at becoming the dominate digital camera company as they saw no money in it as there was no film.

[@Player_Review]

"Let's have a great Christmas. Let's have... a great year. Let's have the best year of our whole lives. We can, you know... this could be the best one ever." ~ Ordinary People

[@TheMapleHobbit]

Hey I'm related to that guy! Photography is still big in the Eastman family.

[@TheStockwell]

I'd buy you dinner and drinks because I've become an early Kodak camera fanatic. I mean, like 1890s-1910s Kodak. The dinner and drinks thing won't work, though. You know: social distancing. But, if you're ever in northern Vermont after the pandemic's over, we'll talk. :)

[@TheMapleHobbit]

@@TheStockwell ha thanks for the offer, but I lost mine in a divorce. Hope you find the camera of your dreams, though!

[@teamkiwigaming8760]

You should do one over Marvin G Shields. The story of this Seabee is amazing.

[@cincyninja]

One thing that I have wondered is why is there thunder and lightning during a rainstorm, but not a snowstorm?

[@eliseugouveia5065]

Eastman to Death: "- You'll never take me alive!"

[@TKDBLKBLT95]

My city!

[@mitch19636]

When Kodak invented the Digital Camera they underestimated how quickly it would become popular. Kodak Eastman REALLY Missed the boat on that one...

[@sameester]

Is it true that Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev died just one hour before Stalin?

[@Cadwaladr]

Yes, apparently about 50 minutes apart. Allegedly the string quartet hired to play Stalin's funeral wept openly, for Prokofiev.

[@asapnickybars4693]

I think that bonus fact is definitely true cause I am having a tough spring.

[@iskandartaib]

I'm pretty sure dry plates were not "made of" gelatin. They were glass. The gelatin was the "emulsion", a coating on the glass that contained the light sensitive chemicals. The older wet plates were coated with collodion (nitrocellulose) and had to be prepared immediately before exposure, which meant you had to bring your lab into the field. Dry plates could be bought in packets, ready to be loaded and exposed. I find it interesting that George Eastman invented them, I was not aware of that. The invention did revolutionize photography.

[@pineconewhisper]

i live in rochester

[@dminter1234]

I have a pre wwII eastman kodak camera made in Germany. It took great pictures, the last time I used it.

[@jacobbryant9766]

My family is from and still lives in Rochester

[@Idahodiesel]

Hi I'm Lars Fillmore and welcome to Today I Found Out about cryogenic head museums😂

[@amadensor]

Why no mention of the Stanley family, of Stanley steamer and hotel fame, and the fact that Eastman bought the dry plate process from them?

[@bassmanco]

Thier latest podcast goes over this story, i started listening to it with this video queued up on auto play. wierd.

[@Archeious]

I live the video but your chroma key is incorrectly setup. it is very distracting.

[@yajasuszenfonemax4388]

that bonus trivia was related and a bit depressing

[@martinwarne7183]

Minor detail but he 77 almost 78 when he died. July 12 1854 to March 14 1932

[@clemstevenson]

'The Kodak' was the name of Eastman's original camera...The one that had to be returned for photographic processing.

[@hushai7978]

🎶 Kodacroooooome, I've got a Nikon camera 🎶

[@josephphillips4328]

I did a project on George Eastman in third grade

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

The cost of his first camera hasn't really gone up. A market-leading (non-digital) camera would have cost much the same ($600) before digital took over. I seem to remember a film when I was a kid, about the inventor (an inventor?) of colour film - IIRC Wm Frieze-Greene or something like that. Can't get at Wiki for the minute, but I remember that the film showed his struggle. I saw it about 40 years ago and am pretty sure it was nearly that old when it was on tv. He'd be an interesting subject for you to research.

[@Ericbryanmr]

When did speeding tickets first occur?

[@etan838]

I've never once heard you whistle

[@philoffhistree6700]

I just found your channel about an hour ago and have been looking back at your videos and today i found out that you look balder with that beard than you did when you didn't have one, weird that instead of drawing my eyes away from your head it made me look at it more, when you had no beard i found my self focusing more on you're eyebrow movement and didn't notice you're head at all.

[@derpycwc]

video idea: why do your eyes hurt when you turn on the lights after being in the dark for a long time

[@boomerdog5261]

Simon, would that be an untimely death?

[@websitesthatneedanem]

QUESTION: Why do we call 'stupid people' Nutters? Or Nut Job or Nut case or say "Nutty as a Fruit cake?"

[@robiulahmed]

I would imagine because certain types of nut, e.g. the coconut, are hollow, presumably like the skulls of the stupid.

[@noelj62]

Martin in my region they say: two peanuts in a sack.

[@brickman409]

I don't think I have ever heard someone use the term nutters, but I have heard people say nut job

[@brando3164]

It's because squirrels knock on nuts to see if they are bad so people are referring to bad nuts now fruit cake I have no ideal

[@caulkins69]

The last mayor of Philadelphia was a Nutter.

[@tireswing]

How did the stock market work before computers?

[@roadmaster720]

fucked up then as now. no real change.

[@gothpotato07]

where did the phrase "gone with the wind come from"

[@juliehirsh1436]

I actually thought when u said his death was timely that you meant it was untimely. He had been pushing for a new calendar one with 13 months and he conveniently suicided right after rewriting the will too. Sounds very fishy to me.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Was Linda McCartney (nee Eastman) related George Eastman?

[@JonathanBaltzly]

How did cheerleading originate and how does it affect a team's performance?

[@dalekmoon]

Was Linda Eastman (McCartney) any relation to George Eastman?

[@zodiacfml]

They fell due to their own huge weight. Canon and Nikon are repeating the same mistake as the dedicated camera industry is going down every year due to smartphones.

[@joeblaster8770]

Can't blame him, dude was in pain.

[@drcforrestor]

this would seem to preface an episode on 'The Amazing Ansel Adams' not to detract from mr eastman but the segue seemed ripe to me

[@ronkkrop]

So was he looking for company names that start with the letter K in honor of his sister, Katie?

[@marksusskind1260]

I miss using my dad's Yashica A

[@browardcountyspam1543]

The only Kodak i speak of is the finesse kid and he locked up right now

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

Nigel Wright What's a finesse kid?

[@browardcountyspam1543]

RayzeTheDragon kodak black bro go check his music out

[@hanzo7618]

Nigel Wright sniper gang Kodak skrt

[@browardcountyspam1543]

MegaAlabamafan22 your dumb

[@NumbersUpNorth]

The museum doesn't tell kids how he died for obvious reasons. Source: was there. Was a kid.

[@SlimThrull]

Rochester! We're famous for more than 100 inches of snow a year! Yeeeeaaaahhh