"AT EVENTIDE" , a setting sun, soft lights and shadows on the stiff wafers, a lonely pier-a camera shutter clicks, and here's the truly excellent result. Exposure was l / 25 second af f/ 6 .3. A sk y filt er was used
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This Coat Kills Reflections Page 1 Employees Who Have Recently Retired Page 11 And has endless possible applications Names and portraits of f ormer colleagues Step Right Up Page 2 Yesterday in the World of Tomorrow Page 12 I t's the Kodak Precision Enlarger Marking photography's 1 OOth anniversary The King of Indoor Winter Sports Page 3 It Took 100 Years to Develop Page 13 From the peach-basket days to now The oldest existing sun print Panorama Page 4 Out of the Hat Page 14 And no distortion Acrobat; athlete
You're Fair Game for Pneumococcus Page 5 Activities Calendar Page 1-l R ead this and outwit the little terror All set for the season?
How Eastman Employees Are Selected Page 6 Their Promotions Are Announced Page 15 The procedure is described ... of interest to Rochester employees Helpful Hints for Halloween Page 7 New Fashions in Kodaks Page 16 It's a great time f or pictures The Vigilant and the Jl! onitor 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Miles Page 8 Camera Club Classes Page 16 But the camera spans it with ease School is on at Kodak Park The Editor's Page Page 10 ' 'Adventure'' Inside Back Cover The war of 1939 In our photograph gallery
Copyright, 1939, by the J(odak Company The management of the Kodak Company believes that the following statement deserves the thoughtful attention of all who work in industry.
September 21, 1939
TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC: American Industry Is Opposed to WAR * American Industry Hates War. zation of war psychology to boost prices War destroys lives. War wrecks homes. for the purpose of making excessive profits. Economic; chaos and years of crushing As manufacturers we recognize it to be depression are its inevitable aftermath. It our responsibility and moral obligation to imperils representative democracy. Free conduct our businesses so that the prices of institutions are among its early victims. Ulti- the products we produce and sell are related mately no one can escape the ruin of war. equitably to production costs. American industry wants peace. Peace We pledge our energetic support to this is the life blood of progress. Peace must be policy. the national objective. The National Association of Manufac- Industry's position on this matter has turers calls upon all its members to exer- been stated repeatedly and there must be cise vigilance against any price or profit no misunderstanding about it. policies not justified by actual cost and anticipated cost of replacement. * The United States can stay out o/ war. * Months ago this Association said: "No Emotionalism can betray us into war. sensible person believes that pro/it can A public will to peace, coupled with wise come out o/ the wreckage ol human life public policies and affirmative action to this and economic dislocation." end by our government will keep us out of The use of this crisis as an excuse either war. A fatalistic attitude that war is inevi- to extort unjustifiable profits or to pursue table for us is absurd. It presupposes that partisan political objectives is not only America cannot conduct itself intelligently indefensible and dangerous, but reprehen- to preserve peace and its own interests. sible morally. Nor should pleas of "emer- * Europe's problems do allect us, but our gency" be utilized as an excuse for reach- domestic problems still must come first. ing objectives which the American people If yesterday industry was the only would not sanction otherwise. source of prosperity and reemployment. The present situation calls for agree- today it is as well the keystone of pre- ment on common objectives, but the demo- paredness and peace. Under any condi- cratic process of consultation and criticism tions. America must depend on a smoothly must never be abandoned. Otherwise, we functioning, efficient industrial system. shall be following in the footsteps of those Manufacturers will not relax their efforts who believe in government by coercion. to achieve and maintain sound improve- * In world distraught by force best ment in our domestic economy. way to preserve representative democ- Industry opposes profiteering-the utili- racy to practice it.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS 14 WEST 49TH STREET. NEW YORK. N. Y. Volume 18 OCTOBER 1939 Number 10 This Coat Kills Reflections Some of Its Many Potential light that fall s on your retina comes are panes so curved that refl ections Uses in Photography As Well originally from the sun and is re- which normall y would come to the flected by this page, enabling you to eye are absorbed by black cloth As in Other Fields Are Told see it. In the same way, the chair on below the window, giving us the LIGHT IS THE EXTERNAL AGENT that which you are seated, the table, the ill usion that there is no glass be- stimulates the retina of the eye and trees outside your window- all the tween us and the objects in the makes things visible. objects in the world about you- window. Think of the possibilities of In a way, the eye in action is very refl ect light and, hence, are visible. glass made " invisible" without resort like a camera. It has a lens behind Some materials- glass, for instance, to curves or light-absorbing cloths. the iris, which forms an image on a or Kodapak, or fi lm- are such that E liminate the reflections and you've sensitive surface, the retina. Unlike the greater part of the light passes got it. film, however, the retina is not per- through them. These are said to be That's just what some clever phy- manently changed when light falls "transparent," but this does not mean sicists have clone, by depositing on upon it; it merely acts as a medium that t hey transmit all of t he light. the glass a coating which, at a certain to transmit the sensation to the brain. They reflect some of the light rays t hickness, kills all refl ection. The If, while you are reading these t hat fall upon them- otherwise, we light which ordinary glass reflects is words, another person could look at would not be able to see them. (Think transmitted by the coated "invisible" the retina of your eye, he would see of the trouble one would have carry- glass. Perhaps 98 per cent of the light that an image of the page is formed ing an invisible sheet of glass down a that strikes it passes through, whereas on it, and that this image is inverted crowded street.) even the best ordinary glass wi ll like all lens images. Your brain, Each surface of ordinary glass re- transmit on ly 92 per cent. however, considers this image right- flects 4 per cent, or more, of the light side up. that strikes it. You've seen "invisible Why Not Lenses? If you're reading by daylight, the glass" windows in stores, but t hese Why not increase the speed of lenses by means of this new process? Our research laboratories, among others, arc now experimenting with this in view. Because each surface reflects about 4 per cent of the light falling upon it, the loss of light increases rapidly with the number of surfaces used in the lens. The simplest lens consists of a single element, a glass disk with a curved surface. Such lenses have small relative aperture. Larger lenses- that admit more light- are more complicated and they require more elements in order to fo cus the light waves accu- rately and get a good quality image. If, however, each air-to-glass surface in a lens reflects 4 per cent of the light, in a lens with 4 elements the total of light lost before the rays reach the fi lm would be nearly 30 per This is an unusual picture: it shows a lens surface, only the right half of which is reflecting light. The subiect is the front components of the Ektor f/ 2, which has four air-glass surfaces. Of these, three cent. If we could get rid of t his loss, have been completely coated to remove re flection, and one-the rear surface of the front element-has it would be t he equivalent of opening only its left half coated. Thu s, there is reflection from the right half, but we can see through the left half up t he lens appreciably. T hus, an Page 2 K 0 D A K f / 6.3 lens would be made faster than tubes or other containers for biologi- One modification of the nome- an f / 5.6 lens. cal specimens; to microscope cover fleeting coating has been developed In more complicated optical sys- glasses; to spectacle lenses (when which reflects certain colors and tems like the gastroscope or stomach photographing the wearer); and so on. transmits others, thus acting some- viewing instrument, for instance, And general uses would include: what like a color filter. If it were which employs as many as fifteen the protecting glass for paintings in made to reflect all infrared light and lenses that reflect about 71 per cent galleries and museums- no more transmit all other light, it would act of the light, the nonrefl ecting coating waltzing around to get away from as a heat filter. Indeed, such coatings would show still more remarkable that "shine" that prevents your having suitable selective reflection results. seeing the picture; on windshields, to and transmission of colors might well keep from blinding "the other fell ow" be used wherever filters are now Reflections and ''Ghosts'' with refl ected sunlight, and on auto- employed. Besides increasing the speed of a mobile hoods, to keep from blinding In any photographic process such lens, the appli cation of the new yourself; on showcases and shop as the recording of sound on film or coating to lens surfaces would cut windows; on refl ector buttons of ordinary enlarging, it is possible to out annoying reflections-lens flare highway signs, to prevent waste of sidetrack some of the light for moni- would be eliminated. Likewise, ap- light; on diamonds and similar jewels, toring purposes, that is, to control plied to the front surfaces of ordinary especially opal type, to give them the intensity. A combination filter mirrors, which are rear-silvered, it depth .... The possibilities are al- and mirror such as we have described would eliminate the "ghosts" that most as boundless as the human would make it possible to sidetrack have been t heir main disadvantage. imagination. But let's get back to only the light that is not the color Many of us are familiar with instru- our own field- photography: required in the main process, and ments where front-surfaced mirrors When the nonreflecting coating thus afford more effi cient operation. are used: reflex cameras, one-shot process is available for appli cation to color cameras, range finders, stereo- the front surface of a glossy print, it The Idea Isn't New scopic apparatus of various types, will increase the contrast. Similarly, The idea of "invisible glass" is not compensation mirrors in continuous it will increase the color saturation new. Back in '92 H . Dennis Taylor, projectors, and so on. Rear-silvered of color prints. And if it is applied to noted English optical engineer, dis- mirrors, treated with the nonrefl ect- film base- especially in the case of covered that certain tarnished photo- ing coating, would give quite satis- fi lms that can't use antihalation graphic lenses transmitted more light factory results. backing, such as are exposed through than new ones and thus were faster. Other possible photographic uses of the base-it will diminish halation. But although many subsequent work- the nonreflecting coating include: Again, the process may be used to ers investigated various coatings for application to the upper lens of a oust unwanted Newton's rings be- cutting out reflections from glass, not brilliant finder; to the smooth surface tween two adjacent glass surfaces, or until recently were serious efforts of a ground glass; to the cover glass between a glass and a film surface, by made to exploit this knowledge com- of a copy holder ; to projection-booth making one surface nonreflecting. mercially. If this process proves as windows in theaters; to the win dows Such adjacent surfaces are common successful as results to date promise, of sound-camera bli mps; to test the negative holders of enlargers. it will be of real photographic value.
Step Right Up: It's the Kodak Precision Enlarger
Attracting much attention in the Eastman Kodak Building at the New York World's Fair is this display which affords revealing close-ups of, left to right, the Supermatic Shutter, the Kodak Precision Enlarger, and Kodak films and papers. This picture was taken at a " preview" staged in the Kodak Office auditorium K 0 D A K Page 3 The King of Indoor Winter Sports Basketball Prepares to Take The Court for Another of Its Riot ous and Exciting Seasons
MOST OF OUR SPORTS have evolved from ancient forms of work, warfare, and play. Archery, for example, traces back to ancient times when the bow was bent in battle and the hunt. Some medieval wielder of a battle axe undoubtedly foreshadowed our modern home-run clouters. Swimming may well have got an unceremonious start when an inquisitive ape man leaned too far over the riverbank while absently watching minnows swim round. Fist fighting was un- questionably a purely utilitarian ac- tivity un til the Marquis of Queens- berry modified its manners and brought it into t he open for t he If's a riot from th e openin g whistle. One of th e fastest and most thrilling of gomes, basketball has become the most popular of our indoor sports. Kodak teams will soon begin another exciting season amusement of polite society. There's one sport, however, that Professional basketball appeared League. Kodak Park, as in the past, has no family tree. Basketball was about 1895, and six years later will play outstanding teams from made to order. the first intercollegiate league was other cities. Kodak Office will resume formed. The popularity of t he sport it. noontime games with local com- Birth of a Sport grew so rapidly t hat basketball , in binations. Camera Works and H awk- Back in 1891 , James Naismit h, a recent years, has attracted a far Eye also expect to engage in many student instructor in physical educa- greater attendance than either base- extra-league contests. tion, was seeking an indoor sport to ball or football- a fact that isn't So it won't be long before we'll generally appreciated. fill the time between fall football and again t hrill to t he banging of the ball Basketball, both from the player spring baseball. Having considered again st t he backboard and the swish every available sport without finding and spectator angle, is a most satis- fying sport. As Mr. Naismith pointed of the net as the ball plummets one to fill the bill, 11r. Naismith put t hrough. Mr. Naismith certainly his ingenuity to work. With a couple out, it calls for coolness, accuracy, good judgment, endurance, self con- started something. of peach baskets and a soccer ball trol, and speed on t.h e part of the for equipment, he drew up a set of player. basketball rules which, with few For twenty years, basketball has Kodak Salon Postponed exceptions, have remained unchanged. been a favorite sport at Kodak. In The new sport caught the popular the early days, most of the games OwiNG to the impossibility of fan cy at once, and basketball was were played on outside courts since obtaining prints from several Kodak Park alone had facilities for soon being played t hroughout this E uropean countries, it has been country and in many foreign lands. playing in doors. Wit h t he opening decided not to hold t he 1939 Even the Chinese took to it with of the Kodak Office auditorium in Kodak International Salon. The unconunon zeal. 1925, interest in the game jumped as all-star I{odak teams took the court salon had been scheduled for At first, teams were unl imited in against many of the country's lead- presentation in Rochester, D e- size. But t he tendency of certain ing teams. The forming of a Kodak cember 7th to lOth. coll eges to insure victory by wheeling League and participation in the local an army of players into action- as Industrial League have served to Any entries t hat are now en many as forty players being used on keep plant and office teams in active route will be returned to the a side_:_soon led to rigid restrictions. competition during recent years. senders as soon as possible. If The number of players was then Early in November, four Kodak such prints arrive in sufficient governed by the size of t he court, a teams will again answer t he referee's numbers, tentative plans are to limit of nine being all owed to a side. whistle as a new season gets under hold an informal showing in Later, a standard court size was fix ed , way. Camera Works, Hawk-Eye, and from that time a ba ketball team Kodak Park, and Kodak Office wi ll Rochester later this year. has been composed of five members. all be represented in the Industrial Pag e 4 K 0 D A K
Stars Wyoming Stock Growers association, Honolulu Up-Pour stationed in Denver. IN A "recapitulation of some of the KoDAK' s HULA SHOW at the Waikiki Carpenter said that t hru t he use of personalities and events which have Natatorium in H onolulu is still at- a camera he recently succeeded in contributed highlights to this most tracting t he camera enthusiasts, both detecting a case of "worked over" enjoyable and successful season," islanders and visitors, in droves. On branding and in apprehending the Bill Toporcer, Rochester city tennis a recent day, some twelve hundred persons who had . tolen the cattle champion, and sports writer, says: picture-takers basked under a pl ea. - thus misbranded. "John H ecker receives our nomi- ant H awaiian sun. The palms waved " I was suspicious of the brands on nation . . . chiefly for his excellent gently in the breeze. The grass skirts two animals offered for sale in the play in the semifinals and finals of of the hula dancers swished to haunt- D enver stockyards and shipped from ing melodies. When- but let this the major title chase; and because Wyoming," he said. "After clipping his ability- although given few op- letter from Honolulu tell the story: the hide over and around the brand, portunities for demonstration this I took several pictures of the brand. " Yesterday morning we had one of season- is unquestionably worthy of "The pictures showed clearly t hat the largest crowds we have had this such ranking. Phil Michlin occupies an original brand had been worked season at our hula show . . . . Just as t he next niche, after Hecker, in our over. I sent the pictures to Russell the show was going smoothly, some wall of tennis accomplishment, hav- Thorp, secretary of the association employee of the park turned on t he ing reached the finals or semifinals in Cheyenne, and he was able to read sprinkler system over the whole area, of the six tournaments in which he the original brand. so you can imagine what happened. engaged, as well as scoring a very "Both the original brand and the There were about fifteen or twenty high percentage of victories in inter- design that had been produced by the sprinkler heads directly under the club matches. The spot behind Phil working-over were registered. It was audience and it just about drenched is given to John Hanna for gaining easy to get in touch with the recorder everyone out there. One kindly old and holding top place on the TCR of the original brand- a Nebraska lady happened to be sitting on one of board during a large part of the stockman- and learn that two ani- the sprinkler heads when it went off. season, and for his fine play in reach- mals had been stolen from him. " You can im agine the commotion ing t he finals of the undefeated "When the persons who had re- resul ting from that number of peopl e bracket in the T CR championship corded the worked-over brand were jammed in together and t hen having tournament. An unfortunate acci- confronted by t he pictures, they con- t hat shower of water come up under dent prevented Johnny from compet- fessed having rebranded the animals everyone. When it was all over, ing in the city championships. is It and charges were filed against them." everyone seemed to get a laugh out earnestly hoped that the injury which Carpenter took the pictures on his of it and take it good-naturedly, but caused his default in the first round of own initiative with a small camera. when it happened, it was not quite the singles will not curtail his activi- So successful was his idea that the so funny. ties on the court next year. " association has supplied him and "So far as we are able to determine Messrs. H ecker and Hanna work other inspectors with a special camera one of the help around the park sud- for t he Company at Kodak Park ; and has ordered pictures taken of all denly decided t hat t he park should and Mr. Michlin, at H awk-Eye. suspicious cases. be watered and hence turned on the In order to confirm the results of entire sy tern ...." Camera vs. Rustlers the pictures, Carpenter obtained the And a further letter from Honolulu: WE'RE ON INTIMATE TERMS with t he hides of the two animals after they " Replying to your letter . .. we are gentle Ferdinand, lover of cork trees had been slaughtered and found the sorry we cannot supply you with any and sweet-smelling flowers. We've original brand on the underside. snapshots taken out at our hula been intrigued by that Borden ani- "Cattle brands are always legible show when the taps were t urned on. mal's invitation, "See me get milked on the underside of t he hide," he Everyone was more interested in on a merry-go-round." And that explained. "No amount of working- looking out for themselves than they about sums up our acquaintanceship over the original brand will change were in getting pictures at that with t he species Bos taurus. Neverthe- it on the inside." moment." less, here's a clipping from the " The check for the two animals was D enver Post that we found mighty sent to the Iebraska stockman from Poser interesting: whom the cattle had been stol en," the BEST OF THE STORIES to reach US from Another application of one of the Post informs us. And- just to give the New York World's Fair recently newest devices of science to control this story a photographic finish- we is the one about the amateur photog- one of the oldest crimes of the west like to imagine that when the check rapher who asked: " What exposure -cattle rustling-was revealed . . . was cashed the transaction was re- should I give this afternoon- my cam- by Earl Carpenter, inspector for the corded by a trusty Recordak Junior. era is loaded with Mercurochrome?" K 0 D A K Page 5 You're Fair Game for Pneumococcus Most Prevalent of All Ailments, pathmaker for pneumonia, meningi- conducive to colds, relieve a cold The Common Cold Can, With tis, influenza, scarlet fever, and other after we've caught it, and warn us of diseases is perfectly well known. Yet, the serious consequences of untreated Care, Be Kept at Arm's Length we persist in treating our colds in the colds-but the germ that causes the most matter-of-fact way. cold is so tiny that they can't even THERE's A TOMBSTONE in New Eng- land bearing these words : A century and a half ago, Dr. find it under a powerful microscope. Here lies our wife Samantha Proctor, Thomas H ayes announced that , in That colds are contagious has been She ketched a cold and would not his opinion, colds were the result of proved beyond all question. Experi- doctor. "sitting in cold damp churches." ments with apes-the only animal She could not stay, she had to go ... Noah Webster, the dictionary man, that suffers from the common cold- Praise God from whom all blessings concluded some years later that have shown that strict isolation from flow. earthquakes and comets were re- sources of contagion can definitely Samantha was either a very stub- sponsible for this universal affliction. prevent colds. The inhabitants of born patient or simply a very unwise Just how the good doctor discovered arctic regions go through the severest one, for her catarrhal inflammation that all cold sufferers spent such winters without colds, only to start (common cold to you) should have uncomfortable Sabbaths, or how Noah sneezing when the first boat from out- had just as careful treatment as more could blame irregular natural phe- side arrives in the spring. It is for this serious ailments. Too often, we treat nomena for the ever-present cold, we reason that doctors caution us to a cold as an annoyance to be patiently really don't know. But even today, avoid crowds during cold epidemics, borne until it goes away. And, much medical men can't, with any assur- and ask us to stay at home when too often, it thrives on our careless- ance, tell us just what causes a cold. afflicted so that others will not be ness and develops into a serious con- They can tell us that colds are con- exposed. dition. The role of the cold as a tagious, caution us against practices Dodging the Cold Bug No sure-fire preventive for colds has yet been discovered. Innocula- tion, vitamin tablets, sunshine and fresh air, a healthful diet, and plenty of sleep can strengthen our resistance, but none of these precautions can fully protect us from that mysterious little bug that sets us to sniffling and sneezing. Still , these preventive meas- ures are well repaid, for they do lessen t he chances of catching cold ; and they may ease t he severity of a cold, once we've caught it. The Medical D epartment offers several rules for reducing t he danger of catching a cold : Watch your diet. Avoid sweets and excessive eating. Get plenty of Vita- min A by eating prunes, spinach, carrots, and cod-liver oil. Fortify yourself with Vitamin B by eating cereals, fruits, nuts, and vegetables . Keep warmly clothed during severe weather. A void drafts, overheated rooms, rapid cooling after exercise. Get plenty of exercise, and eight hours of sleep every night. Avoid crowded places, and individuals suffering from colds. Cut down on cigarettes and cocktails. Avoid getting tired and run down. Fatigue probably causes more colds than any other single factor. If, in spite of observing these precautions, the little bug still gets Little Lulu obviously has the sniffles. She caught them from somebody else and now she's generously passing you, go to bed. That's the best way them on to others. She doesn't seem to know that one should avoid cold sufferers, stay home when afflicted. to cure your own cold and prevent Reproduced by special permission of" The Saturday Evening Post," copyright 19 35, by the Curtis Publishing Co. its spreading to your companions. Page 6 K 0 D A K How Eastman Employees Are Selected There Are Sound Reasons For my application form?" "Do you have Strict Adherence to a Long to have influence to get into Kodak?" These questions are asked frequently Established Company Policy in our employment offices. INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT has in- Picture yourself in the position of creased by leaps and bounds during a man looking for a job: the past fifty years. More jobs and a You've just finished high school, greater variety of jobs have been you have had no specific training, made available. But the broadening but you're young and healthy and of employment opportunities has ambitious- and you want a job. created certain problems. What kind of a job? You're not sure- The chief problem is the selection office work maybe, you say, or some- of new employees on the basis of their thing in the plant. fitness for a specific type of work. To You're a metal worker with a place a man in a job for which he is good employment record that ended unfitted would clearly be unfair to three years ago through no fault of him: he would be denied the oppor- yours, you're forty and you have a tunity to do his best work, enjoy his family to support- and you want a work, and earn promotion. It would job. What kind of a job? Metalwork- also be unfair to applicants whose ing, naturally, if there's a vacancy, qualifications fit the job. And it but you're willing to try your hand would be unfair to the company since at something else. its employees must be satisfactorily Applicants for work at Kodak plants are requested to Ill/ out an application form. Later, these forms placed if it is to operate successfully Many Applications insure the applicant of receiving due considera· and provide steady employment. So, You're a secretary.... You're a tion when positions open for which he is qualified it has become increasingly important carpenter.... You're a salesman. in the hiring of employees that both cants, provided a job for which you .. . You're a machinist ... . You're are suited is available. Several indi- the individual abilities of the appli- skilled .... You're unskilled ... . cant and the employment needs of viduals are usually qualified to fill the You're twenty.... You're fifty ... . same job. If your qualifications, as the company be taken into account. By the score, your names and appli- Most large companies meet this shown by such gauges as the applica- cations are added each day to those tion form and personal interview, problem through experienced per- already on file in the Company's em- sonnel workers who give each ap- indicate that you are the man for the ployment offices. And jobs, when plicant full and impartial considera- job, you get it. tion. Modern employment methods they become available, are filled from The application form- on which are based on sound and practical the files. you set down such information as principles. How good are your chances? Just your name and address, the number "What are my chances of getting as good as your qualifications, meas- of your dependents, the amount of a job at Kodak?" "What is done with ured against those of other appli- schooling you've had, a record of previous employment, and the kind of work you seek- is an indispensable aid in the selection of new employees. Cross-referenced and held in file for as long as two years, it insures that each qualified applicant gets due con- sideration when a job for which he is qualified is available. Repeated visits to the office are neither necessary nor helpful: you will be notified when a position for which you are suited is available. For that reason, it is well to remember that in case of a change of address or any other development that may modify the information you have given on your form, the office should be noti- fied as soon as possible. What about the applicant who has Many applicants, both men and women, visit the employment offices of our company each day. Impartial a recommendation? Will he be favored selections are later made on the basis of their individual fitness for such positions as become available over the applicant who hasn't any? K 0 D A K
Regardless of who recommended him, his application is judged by the Helpful Hints for Halloween same impartial standards as the Halloween is a great tim e for pictures. Spooks flit hither and yon. But even witches can't escape modern others. Only in this way can the wide-latitude film, and night can be conquered with Photoflash or Photoflood lamps and short time exposures Company be assured that favoritism is never shown toward anyone. Now this does not mean that recommenda- tions are ignored. In making selec- tions, the employment officers are aided by the opinions of persons in whom they have confidence. But the fact remains that every recommenda- tion must be supported by the per- sonal qualifications of the applicant. No applicant is ever hired simply be- cause someone has recommended him.
Factors Weighed Every job calls for certain abilities in the man who fills it. These are the factors that are weighed when a job is open. The Company will not hire anyone below the age of sixteen, or anyone below the age of eighteen for manufacturing departments; but it has never set an age limit above 'which it won't give employment. Some jobs may demand a broad educational background, others spe- cial skills and training, others certain physical characteristics, others can be performed by any person of average intelligence regardless of experience or training. Every applicant is con- sidered qualified and deserving of some kind of work, even if we are not able to offer it. There are many more applicants than there are jobs available. And the best qualified man gets the job. The first of these statements is only too obvious; the second, as has been pointed out, is the Company's policy. But the best qualified man is not the only qualified man. The other appli- cations will be considered in the same way when further opportunities offer.
The New Employee Interest in new employees does not end with their selection for positions. Kodak's employment officers have a keen interest in the welfare of each individual they employ. If a new em- ployee were to be placed in an un- suitable job, they would consider themselves responsible for the mis- take and would strive to correct it by transferring him to another job better suited to his qualifications. (Continued on page 16) Page 8 K 0 D A K 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Miles It's Quite a Distance , We'll touch with earthly affairs. After many about one hundred million times as Admit-but the Camer a Shoots years we learn of the rise and fall of distant from the earth. the Greek and Roman civilizations- Star s Fully that Far Away Of all the stars sprinkled through- the long sleep of civilization through out the vast universe, only a few the Dark Ages- the brilliant career Is YOUR IMAGINATION FREE and in thousand are visible to the naked of Charlemagne- the discovery of good working order? We're going to eye. Through great telescopes, the tax it for a moment with an adven- America- the American Revolution astronomer can see millions. With a ture that's likely to leave it dizzy. - the meteoric rise of Napoleon camera attached to the telescope, he can find a great many more. In fact, It's three thousand years before Bonaparte. Finally we reach our goal. next to the telescope, the astronomer's Christ-the millenium of the Pyra- It was a long ride certainly. We camera is his most valuable tool. It mids. We step into a rocket ship and, had to spend almost five thousand has enormously increased the range hands firmly on the controls, zoom years in that speeding rocket ship- and accuracy of his work. Let's con- away from Mother Earth and head for the nearest star proved to be sider the reasons why photography is for the nearest star. We fly unerringly twenty-five thousand billion miles so valuable to the stargazer. toward our goal at the rate of ten away. And yet, that distance shrinks thousand miles a minute. As we to nothing when we consider that the Storing Up Light travel, a wireless set keeps us in most remote stars yet observed are The most amateurish picture-taker knows that moonlight isn't bright enough to permit snapshots with his Brownie. But he does know that if he fixes his Brownie on a firm support and opens the shutter for a time ex- posure of several minutes, he can get a fully exposed negative on a moon- light night. The reason for this is simply that a photographic film or plate adds up the effect of the light entering the lens. Unlike the eye, which sees only by the light that strikes the retina from instant to instant, the camera "sees" by the accumulated light that strikes the film throughout an ex- posure. This fact, while of considerable importance to any picture-taker in that it determines the length of his exposure, is of the utmost importance to the astronomer, for it enables him to photograph stars that cannot be seen by the eye with even the most powerful telescopes.
Seeing the Invisible Photography has, by virtue of this power, vastly extended man's vision in his search through the measureless depths of space. No longer does the stargazer sit with his eye glued to the eyepiece of the telescope. Today, he focuses the instrument on any desired region of the sky, sets delicate machinery in motion to compensate for the earth's rotation, clamps a photographic plate into position, and exposes his picture for minutes, or Though ;ust fain tly visible to the eye, the Great Nebula in Andromeda is actually about a billion and a hours- or even for two or three half times as bright as the sun. All nebulae ore vast distances away, far out beyond the Milky Woy nights. Thus does he discover stars K 0 D A K Page 9 far too faint to be seen; and thus, beginnings, to be sure, but they with his camera, does he add many marked the start of a scientific in- pages to t he thrilling story of the vestigation of the heavens that has umverse. depended upon and matched the But photography, in addition to progress of photography itself. finding stars invisible to the eye, has Light travels at a speed of about many other astronomical chores. eleven million miles a minute. Yet, so By photographing the spectrum of remote are certain stars that their a star, the night observer can deter- light, which the camera sees today, mine its composition, its age and started on its long journey millions size, and even the speed at which it is of years ago. In fact, astronomers will rushing toward or from our solar tell you it's quite possible that stars system. The color of a star may be can be photographed tonight that no deduced from its action on the sensi- longer exist, the reason being that tized plate. Planets and asteroids while their light has been racing moving in distant orbits around the through space for ages, they may have sun have been discovered by compar- burned out or exploded. The idea of ing photographs taken at different photographing something that doesn't times. Indeed, the bulk of astro- even exist is, indeed, amazing. nomical information is gleaned today Photography has pretty definitely from photographic plates. settled the age-old question-"Is there life on the other planets?" As Early Celestial Photogr aphy a result of spectroscopic and infrared Astronomy was one of the first investigations, we now know that sciences to make usc of photography. atmospheric conditions on Mars and Daguerre himself attempted to make Venus could never support life of our a daguerreotype of the moon; and kind. The larger planets, much farther Draper, in 1841, did produce a series from the sun , are cold and lifeless of clear daguerreotypes of our nearest and their atmospheres consist largely celestial neighbor. In 1851, Bond of ammonia and menthane' gases. So made t he first photograph of a star photography, you can see, has kindly when he captured brilliant Vega on a stilled our fears and apprehensions daguerreotype plate after an exposure over a possible invasion of the Earth of two minutes. These were crude by Martians!
Without the aid of photography, th e planet, Plu to, would probably never have been discovered. While astronomers had guessed its existence from gravita- tional disturbances among the outer planets, this tiny Spectacular visitors from outer space, many comets return at regular intervals to thrill mankind by their body (indicated by arrows) was only found by a com- fiery presence. Most fa mous of all is Haffey 's comet, seen here through the Yerkes 40 -inch telescope parison of photographic plates exposed at intervals Page 10 K 0 D A K
The War of 1939 "That's it! We've got it!" Edison exclaimed when he saw the film. " Now work like hell!" ONcE AGAIN war is being waged in Europe. Once again The first peep shows were opened in New York on the roar of cannon drowns out the pleas of millions of April 14th, 1894. In 1896, Edison introduced a com- innocent people for peace. mercial projector called the Vitascope, developed by There is a certain grim irony in this war of 1939. It Thomas Armat; and on April 23rcl, 1896, the first public is the fact that nations drawn closer through the rapid showing of motion pictures was given in a theater. The advance of communications on land, sea, and air are public went wild about the "pictures that moved." yet so far apart that reason and peaceful arbitra- Vacant stores were snapped up and transformed into tion seem doomed to give way to the sword. That the crude theaters. very means which science and industry have devised to Such simple demonstrations of action as a horse eating aid progress should now be employed to spread unrest hay, street scenes, and children at play were the subject and destruction. of the first motion pictures, but no vaudeville show was " All the problems of the world could be settled easily, considered complete without them. The first picture if men were only willing to think," said a famous Ameri- with a plot was introduced by D. W. Griffiths. And in can educator. 1902 the first theater devoted entirely to motion pictures That advice is worth pondering in these critical days. opened its doors in Los Angeles. The air is filled with claims and counterclaims, fact and Today, the motion-picture industry is one of the fancy. Newspapers and radio commentators have been world's greatest enterprises. In the United States alone, careful to emphasize this, to stress the need for con- according to the Department of Commerce, one hundred sidered thinking and the acceptance only of proven facts. firms, employing 28,500 persons, produce an ayerage of " Let reason and not emotion decide your opinion," is 500 feature films and 800 short subj ects each year. an important rule to remember. Two hundred and seventy-six different industries, arts, Although America's position has been made clear, it and professions are involved in the making of a single is well to bear in mind that while war may be localized, picture; more than twelve thousand persons are em- the repercussions of war are widespread. The war of ployed in the distribution of pictures; and more than 1914 left its mark upon the entire world. two hundred and forty thousand are employed in the What problems this war will bring and what marks motion-picture theat ers. it may leave we do not know. But we do know that they can be faced effectively only by a calm and considered Number of Employees approach. FoR THE INFORMATION of Kodak employees outside of NOTE: As we go to press, a statement prepared by the Rochester, we reproduce here a Company bulletin that National A ssociation of Manufacturers and addressed to appeared recently on the bulletin boards in the three the American public is being posted on the bulletin boards Rochester plants and the Kodak Office: in the Rochester plants and office. Because we believe that it Last year at this time, a Kodak News Bulletin re- will be of interest to all employees, we are reprinting it for ported the number of Kodak employees in the United distribution with this issue. States, a subject in which there is widespread interest. To bring the record up to date, here are the figures Evolution of an Industry for August 1st of this year, compared with last year: FIFTY YEARS AGO last month, the Eastman organization Kodak Employees August 1 August 1 discovered a practical method of producing from nitro- 1939 1938 cellulose a transparent, fl exible material suitable as a In Rochester 18,605 16,349 film support. This discovery made possible amateur and In Kingsport, Tennessee 4,239 3,857 professional photography in their broadest senses. In In the rest of the United States 3,212 2,759 addition, it gave a young inventor in Orange, New Total in the United States 26,056 22,965 Jersey, the material he needed to carry out his idea of motion pictures. The purchase memorandum of the first And the upward trend continues. On September 15th, strip of Eastman film that Thomas A. Edison's assistant, the latest elate for which figures are available, the Dickson, bought bears the elate, September 2nd, 1889. number of Kodak employees in Rochester was 18,854. K 0 D A K Page 11 Employees Who Have Recently Retired
Wol fgang Kerscher, Kodak Office William E. Stanton, Kodak Park George H . Morrow, Jr ., Taprell Loomis Seth A. Barrett, Kodak Park
William H. Word, Kodak Park Burton l. Taylor, Kodak Park Oliver D. Stiles, Kodak Park Bruce A. Twillegar, Kodak Park
Andrew Kraus, Kodak Park Henry C. Langlois, Kodak Park Henry Kalmbach, Kodak Park Fred W. Wagner, Kodak Park
Andrew McGuidwin, Kodak Park Charles W. Hollo way, Kodak Park Frederick D. Wootton, Kodak Park Robert T. Porter, Kodak Park Page 12 K 0 D A K Yesterday in the World of Tomorrow
In the Kodak Building at The A FEW WEEKS AGO , visitors to the of the advance in photography during New York World's Fair, Time " World of Tomorrow" witnessed a the past century, a copy was sent by unique demonstration of how pi c- wire to newspapers in this country, Is Turned Back Many Decades tures were made a century ago. and by radio to France. Through the courtesy of H enry A picturesque figure of seventy- Ford and the Edison Institute, four, Mr. Tremear was " the hit of the Charles H . Tremear, the only da- show. " His life story makes interest- guerreotypist in the United States, ing reading. Born in Canada, he had his daguerre outfit set up in the worked in the office of a mill after Eastman Kodak Building at the finishing public school. Then for New York World's Fair as part of an three years he taught a one-teacher exhibit commemorating the lOOth country school , and in 1886 he went Anniversary of Photography. The adventuring across Canada, working exhibit was hail ed as the finest dis- on t he snowsheds over the newly play of daguerreotypes, pioneer equip- constructed Canadian Pacific Rail- ment, and early photography ever road tracks in British Columbia. assembled in t his country. (See Sep- By 1888 he had moved to the tember KoDAK.) United States and settled in Detroit, Guest of honor at ceremonies com- where he began studying photography memorating the formal announce- under William J . Walker, early pho- ment of daguerreotypy by the French tographer, who had a s tudio at Academy of Sciences on August 19th, 120 Michigan Avenue. Mr. Walker 1839, was the French Ambassador to the United States, Count de Sain t took in seven or eight pupils who paid Quentin. him to give them instructions. But The only daguerreotypist in the United States, he did not permit them to help him : Charles H. Tremear, of the Edison In stitute, at The feature of the celebration was work in his laboratory in Greenfield Village, t he making of a daguerreotype of the he was the Master Photographer .and where he has charge of the Tintype Gallery Ambassador (see page 13). As a symbol he did all his own work himself. The
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Head clamps in position and hat nicely balanced, Lowell Thomas, noted radio Paging the populace: with advertisements like this one, Mr. Cary and commentator, poses for his daguerreotype in the Eastman Kodak Building his fellow daguerreotypists packed them into the studio for a likeness K 0 D A K Page 13 neophytes learned by observing him in action. Here, l\Ir. Tremear made his first tintypes, t he boys photographing each other. Soon he felt he knew enough about the business to set up for himself. He persuaded a photog- rapher fri end of his to help him build a specially constructed wagon , nine feet wide and almost twenty-nine feet long, and equip it as a studio. The studio wagon vvas unique enough to attract passin g D etroiters, and Photographer Tremear was soon mak- ing tintypes of the citizens. H e also did some copying and "viewing" as he calls it. "Viewing" was taking pictures of houses for their proud own ers. A wanderer at heart, Mr. Tremear The French Ambassador to the United States, Count de Saint Quentin, poses for Mr. Tre mear before a background of modern Kodaks and accessories in the Eastman Kodak Building at the World's Fair . . . tarried but a few years in Detroit and, appropriately enough, on Labor snapping away at all comers. To D ay, 1891, he hitched four horses to cover country fairs, he devised a his wonderful studio wagon and studio tent that he could whip up in clippety-clopped to Dearborn. a jiffy wherever he pl eased. For a time, residents of D earborn Now he presides over the Tintype and the soldiers stationed at Fort Gallery in Greenfield Village, pictur- Dearborn arsenal came by to have ing the thousands of visitors each their faces recorded fo r posterity by year who like to poke around the the tintype route. Then Mr. Tremear old-fashioned studio recapturing the atmosphere of their parents' or even cried "giddy-up" once more. For grandparents' time. And doubtless seven years he roamed up and down many a grandfather, watching a a forty- by sixty-mile area between youngster proudly bearing home a Dearborn and Toledo, in his studio tintype, remembers the day when he wagon or in portable studio houses and "the missus" posed in a studio which he found easier to transport, wagon for the same photographer.
. .. and a copy of the daguerreotype was sent by It Took 100 Years to Develop wire and radio to newspapers here and in France THE PICTURE reproduced beside these words is described as the earliest existing "photograph." It was in- cluded in an exhibition held in London some months ago to com- memorate t he centenary of the inven- tion of photography. This particular exhibit is a shadow portrait t hat was produced by the bleaching action of the sun on the colored paper backing of a miniature - probably on ivory- of one of t he early Dukes of Hamilton. The "pho- tograph" evidently took about a hundred years to develop, for it was discovered in 1799 by Lady Ann Hamilton, who brought it to the at- tention of her scientific fri ends. The history of this unique exhibit is authenticated by a letter, written about eighty-nine years ago, which And now, a snapshot: Frank W. Lovejoy, presi- This is said to be the earliest known sun print gives an account of its discovery. dent of the Company, with the French Ambassador Page 14 K 0 D A K
Acrobat from a nasty fall by grabbing a rod. One season on the road proved enough. " It was fun, and I would never have been satisfied if I hadn't tried it," she says, "but it did seem awfully good to get back into regular work." Athlete ABOUT FORTY WOMEN gathered on a recent Monday night for the first meeting of the Women's Hawk-Eye Bowling Club. It was a grand turn- out, and the success of the club was largely the result of vigorous promo- tion by a charming member of the Payroll Department- Miss Anna Mae Colbert. Miss Colbert is a pretty fair bowler herself, having clicked off a neat 228 recently for her best score to date. Her average, 142, is a sound figure in Atop the tower: Mrs. Pat Hegnauer any woman's league. IT's A LONG WAY from film inspecting Athletics appears to be Miss Col- to aerial loop the loops, but Mrs. Pat bert's consuming interest. She's fre- Hegnauer, who inspects portrait film quently on the tennis court during the summer season playing a dashing in Building 12 at Kodak Park, has Miss Anna Moe Colbert: the rains came done both. game. During the badminton season, she's down at the office auditorium Seems that some years ago, Mrs. Swimming's a favorite activity, almost every Monday night with Hegnauer took instructions at the too, though Miss Colbert admits that other Hawk-Eye Works enthusiasts. Turn Verein in tumbling, acrobatics, her diving technique isn't all that it and unicycling. She became so expert should be. Lands flat, she explains, at them all that several offers for jobs which leaves her sore in spots. She came her way. After considerable Activities Calendar started to take up horseback riding hesitation, she decided to go on the October 13- Camera Works, World's once, but there was something about road for a summer. So in 1936, as a Fair trip sponsored by the Recrea- the behavior of a horse that un- member of the Williams and Lee tion Club nerved her and she didn't take to troupe- she really wasn't a Lee at Mid-October- Kodak Office, opening that sport at all. all- she toured the midwest, appear- of men's Ping-pong si ngles challenge Sports, Miss Colbert relates, did ing at carnivals and fairs. tournament bring one great disappointment into Her chief stunt consisted of being October 19- Camera Club cine group, her life. For years she had wanted to pulled to the top of a 40-foot tower regular meeting see the Army-Notre Dame game, while hanging by her teeth, and there October 20-Kodak Park, World's Fair which is one of the biggest events of doing an act billed as the "Death trip sponsored by the K.P.A.A. the football season. Two years ago, her Defying Loop the Loop." It was a October 23-Kodak Choral Society, at great desire seemed sure of fulfill- pretty breath-taking act, to be sure, the Rotary Club Intercity Banquet, ment. In company with friends and but Mrs. Hegnauer still feels badly Powers Hotel with tickets in pocket, she traveled because the public was exposed to October 26-Camera Club print cri- to New York for the big day. Morning such extravagant ballyhoo about it. tique, for color transparencies broke to the accompaniment of rain. Wasn't as dangerous as it looked, November 2-Camera Club, regular It was no passing shower. All day she explains. However, she did have monthly meeting long it simply teemed,. and few people a rather harrowing experience on one November 6- Kodak Office Book Club, braved the weather to watch the occasion by getting caught in a guy first fall meeting game. "We just stayed inside the wire while being pulled to the top. November 9- Camera Club print cri- hotel," Miss Colbert sadly recalls, Her mouthpiece was yanked out and tique for black-and-white prints "and waited until it was time for us she just managed to save herself to start back again for Rochester. " K 0 D A K Pag e 15 Their Promotions Are Announced New Duties in Kodak Limited For Employees Both of Whose Careers Began a t Kodak Park During his last two years at the University, he was part-time in- structor and a research fellow in organic chemistry. He joined the Company in 1915 and was appointed assistant super- intendent of the Chemical Plant Lab- oratory at Kodak Park. In 1927, he was named superintendent; and later that year he was transferred to Germany, where he became manager of the Copenick factory of Kodak A. G. He went to England, as manager of the Harrow Works, in November, 1930. "To each of these positions," says Donald McMaster, Kodak Limited the Harrow Bulletin, "he has brought W illiam R. Webb, Kodak Limited his infectious good nature, a real flair PROMOTION of two employees who for organization ... and an uncanny the Film Emulsion Coating Depart- spent their first years with the skill in sorting out the essentials of ment. In 1931 , he was appointed Company at Kodak Park was re- technical problems." assistant general superintendent of cently announced by Kodak Limited. Mr. McMaster was graduated from the Film Manufacturing D epart- William R. Webb, manager of the Cornell University in 1916. Joining ments. Two years later, he was trans- Harrow Works, has been appointed the Company in 1917, he worked in ferred to the Kodak Office, and in assistant European general manager. the Industrial Laboratory and the 1935 he went to Harrow as assistant Donald McMaster, assistant works Film Emulsion Coating D epartment. works manager. manager, has been appointed works During the War, he saw service with Mr. McMaster has always been manager. the Flying Corps, returning to Kodak deeply interested in athletics. H e was Mr. Webb was graduated in 1914 Park in 1919. The following year, he the president of the K.P.A.A. for the from the University of Michigan. was made assistant superintendent of year 1922-1923.
Sports Notes With sixteen teams in action the Did You Know? bowling season got off to a good start KoDAK PARK: After scoring a 7- 0 on September 11th at Ridge Hall. THAT A PACK-A-DAY SMOKER of cig- victory against the Baltimore Nate- The H awk-Eye boys have won the arettes pays $29.20 a year in taxes Leons in their opening game in Lovejoy Trophy in interplant play in New York State? the national softball tournament at three years in succession, hope to Parichy Field, Chicago, the Kodak retain it. Manager Betty Meagher That between 1900 and 1930, the Park team- New York State softball has five girls' teams earnestly putting greatest t hirty-year period of inven- champions- were eliminated, 1- 0, by the ball to the maples on the East tion and technological improvement the Washington, D. C., ten. . . . Side alleys. the world has known, employment in Winners in the K. P. A. A. girls' golf CAMERA WORKS: The softball team the United States increased by more tournament were Patri cia Haag, Ger- fini shed in first place in the National than twenty million jobs? trude VanZandt, Thelma Lay, Effie Division, but was eliminated in the Slater, Dorothy H art, Mary Stevener, league play-offs by the Graflex team, That the annual registrations of Grace DeSmit, Gladys Seely, and 4- 3. . . . Five bowling leagues are passenger cars, trucks, and busses Grace Graumenz . . . . Dr. John rolling as follows: Supervisors, with show that the world total advanced Hecker won the men's singles elimi- 80 enthusiasts, at Ridge H all ; No. 1 for the sixth consecutive year to the League, with 40, at Franklin Hall ; all-time record total of 43,819,929 nation tennis tournament. Runner- No.2 League, with 30, at Ridge Hall; vehicles in operation as of January up was John Schilling. 4-K League, with 30, at Carbonneau 1st? "The attainment of this record HAWK-EYE : The baseball boys fin- Alleys; and the Girls' League, with total," says Commerce Reports, "is ished a good third in the Industrial 40, at Columbus Hall. .. . A team will attributed to an advance of 7.1 per League and laid aside their bats well be selected to represent the plant cent in the motorization of countries satisfi ed with t he season's work . ... in the Industrial Bowling League. outside of the United States.... " Page 16 K 0 D A K New Fashions 1n Kodaks A Splendid Line of Six-20 And tions- with Kodak Anastigmat f / 4.5 Six-16 Kodak Vigil ants And lens and Kodamatic shutter; and with Kodak Anastigmat Special f / 4.5 lens Kodak Monitors Is Announced and Supermatic shutter. NEWEST AND WORTHY MEMBERS of the Both models feature a chromium 50-year-old family of Kodaks, the control housing containing a plunger- Kodak Vigilants and Kodak Monitors type release, folding eye-level finder, are now being presented to the public. range-finder clip, double-exposure- Available in the popular Six-20 and prevention mechanism, automatic film Six-16 sizes, the twelve models reach stop, exposure counter, and in the a new high in handsome design, de luxe models a depth-of-field scale. top-flight performance. The winding is greatly simplified The Kodak Vigilants offer four lens in the Monitors. After the first ex- and shutter combinations- the Kodak posure, the film is wound until it is Anastigmat f / 8.8 lens and Kodex automatically centered for the next shutter ; Kodak Anastigmatf/ 6.3 lens exposure; a counter dial indicating and Kodex shutter ; Kodak Anastig- the number of the exposure. The aluminum cases of the Kodak The chromium control housing of the Kodak Monitors matf/ 4.5lens and Kodamatic shutter; distinguishes them from other folding Kodaks. Priced Anastigmat / 4.5 models are covered and Kodak Anastigmat Special f / 4.5 f from $30 to $48.50, these modern cameras bring lens and the brilliant new 9-speed with a rich morocco-grain Kodadur, many new features to the discriminating snapshooter Supermatic shutter. All are available while the de luxe models have genuine in both the Six-20 and Six-16 sizes. pin-grain leather covering. The retail Outstanding design and construc- prices of the Monitors range from The above-mentioned classes arc tion feature these new Kodak Vigi- $30.00 to $48.50. now under way. lants. A new and more rigid type of All in all, these new members of John W. McFarlane will conduct bed brace gives unusually firm sup- the Kodak family are smart and able Practical Photography I, a course for port to the lens and shutter. Both picture-takers. beginners who have had little or no refl ecting waist-level and fo lding eye- experience in practical photography, level finders are standard on all commencing January 8th, 1940. models. The body shutter release has Camera Club Classes On January lOth, 1940, Practical a large rounded head that fits nugly SCHOOL IS IN FULL SWING once more Photography III begins, with AlbertK against the side panel when t he at Kodak Park as members of the Wittmer as instructor. The course camera is closed, thus preventing Kodak Camera Clu b avail themselves is designed primarily to afford mem- unin tcntional exposures. of the truly excellent facilities which bers an opportunity to develop the The Kodak Monitors are offered that organization offers to the photog- use of photography in portraiture. with two lens and shutter combina- rapher, beginner and advanced alike. Primarily pictorial, with emphasis on the fundamentals of photography, Employees Are Selected (Continued from page 7) including a thorough discussion of the practical uses of Kodak films , plates, As long as he remains with the and papers, is Practical Photog- Company, each employee should feel raphy II, under Dr. H. C. Staehle. free to ask the advice of the employ- The practical processes of color ment officers concerning personal photography and their applications problems, whether they relate to are t he subj ect of Practical Photog- work or to other matters. It's part raphy IV, with Hugo Kurtzner as of their job- and an important part instructor. The laboratory work sched- - to give such advice, and to give it uled for this course includes the mak- in strict confidence. No Kodak em- ing of color-separation negatives and ployee jeopardizes his standing in prints on paper by the Eastman bringing his problems, or complaints, to the attention of an employment Wash-Off Relief Process, directly from officer. the subject and from Kodachrome. The work of the personnel and em- Practical Photography V is a ployment departments is most im- course in applied sensitometry in portant to each member of the Kodak which Gerald E. Johnson discusses organization. The success of the Com- such important characteristics of pany and the security of our jobs A new face in the Kodak family, the Kodak Vigilant is photographic emul sions as speed, depend to a great extent on the selec- offered to picture-takers in eight handsome models. Ranging in price from $14 .50 to $42.50, these contrast, latitude, exposure, color tion of the right persons to fill the smart cameras reach new highs in performance sensit ivity, filter factors, graininess. positions that may become available. "ADVENTURE": two lads, a country lane, a smiling sun--and all the world to conquer. This picture, which, no doubt, will evoke many a nostalgic sigh, was among those seen in the 1939 Kodak Exhibit by thousands of visitors. It was taken on Eastman Portrait Panchromatic Film, Exposure 1/ 25 at f/ 11
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