Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Id listen to the popular anisic Better Made es Paper Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection was rancy of the Here, therefore, day. While, through Mr. Eastman's Mr. Eastman's instructions in a for show place already provided efforts, tremendous advances had later years, in what a the new motion wealth specifying ing novelty, pic been made in the simplification and Great Made from World trade word must on a Serve were not but Built that it tures screen, in what be, Pastime; betterment of making Industry negative has three His mother's became the 1 as necessary qualifications: was known as the Kinetoscope. The negatives were made on kitchen he would failure met him at material, there had been no ad greatest enterprises, acquired an first Kodak Research New Product Succeeds "It must be short, euphonious, and One dropped a nickel into the slot what are known as wet plates. Laboratory. every turn. He was baffled at every vancement (except for the bromide enormous personal fortune, dls and looked a In It he delved deeper into move. To man meaningless." through peep-hole, These had to be freshly sensitized, the| the young whose The next step was the stripping enlarging paper) in that end of tributed the greater part of that his contribu and there were the wonderful mo and the ex of experi outlook had been so "Kodak," personal in the dark of course, mysteries photography, bright but a film. This was a big move for the business which involved the fortune In a way to make It per and all this at tion to the world of trade-marks, tion pictures, made while the were mented, planned; few weeks before, it was a near ward so far as was con enlarged slightly of the The MADE same posure plates quality making prints. photog EASTMAN useful, and at the met all these manently in his "leisure" and from the size in which the IGEORGE The amateur did not, as night hours, forj and here was where qualifications original come still wet. tragedy but was an and did not to him time In himself the ca George cerned, annoying raphers' paper developed out was still his avoca Eastman's more. The two sharp clicks of the negative was made. The Edison now, carry his photographic photography resourcefulness and fussy process. It consisted in coat ready sensitized. He purchased an pacity for enjoying the best that at the "K's," the incisiveness of the "d" for the fit in his trie with tionnot 'Us vocation. Work stick-to-it-iveness first became camera, taking picture, first the world has to offer in music pocket lugged | ap ing the paper first with an easily albumenized paper, and the camera bank went on aa usual. His made the word made Eastman trans him not a bulky plates in a The on unforgetable, possible by was and literature, in all the cultural merely parent large way. factory soluable gelatin, top of which job every morning to silver- and chemicals were at last a success. He though in no degree offensive. No parent film, and the little Kineto SIMPLER and tripod and glass and, was shut down; no Eastman the sensitized emulsion was coated. sensitize of this for PHOTOGRAPHY arts, and with it all never became enough paper were to make trade name in which the of the slot were for Ue /eloping, and others able good pic Plates were It looked legal scope parlors, never lost his sense of sensitizing. forthcoming. After e; _>osure and development, the turning out of the day's batch blase, humor, to en have been maintained is therefore the of but al-o the dark tent in tures on them. He decided like the end of all so far rights forerunners motion could still see fun in a bail fixing, things the negative was soaked in water of prints. The earlier prints for game of better known. as which to the chemical op ter upon the manufacture dry| as >the little was con picture photography we know perform company and the contained Kodak users were all made on this cr a pack mule such a boy made negative image Even before the erations and In which to load the plates commercially. cerned. Kodak with its it today. tha most ~>t or in the emulsion was transferred to albumen paper. It was in 1892 MAN every hour, working film" was on the FELLOW "stripping market, AIDED holders. But ap But idleness in the Rochester AND photography a and abhorred waste worst plats gelatin "skin." When these two that the Kodak Company came out leisure, its inventor realized that some to the bank clerk. He & Eastman 1881 did not mean idleness so far Motion Pictures of the waste of time. pealed young Strong plant gelantinous substances were dried, i Arrive with its Solio, a gelatino-chloride all, to Initiate thing further was necessary. If a $5 as Eastman was concerned. paid photographer This was in 1879. With one helper,] George they became as one there was an At first, film alone was paper that the photographer pur the Kodak idea went over with negative him into its He mas He was in Native of Oneida mysteries. he started the business in a hired England, where he easily usable and reliable nega used, but in 1895 the Eastman chased "ready for use." j this there were still Pastime and tered them. Just aa he has mastered the formula of the best film, greater Difficult Art room over a State Street bought tive that needed no "greasing." a Other similar came out Made upstairs in store when the film could Company began making special papers Popular so many problems since. And when i Plate then made the things County music store. He continued in his English Dry these the middle positive film for the motion picture at about the same time and over Eastman was born in time came, he took a During years, J be supplied on a thin, flexible, George the vacation Mawson & Swan. He worked in at the bank, but night found machines the film that is now in Jamestown, a collodion chloride job 80's, the was steadily Wafervllle, Oneida New to Mackinac and there their company j transparent base on a base To County, trip Island, him in his emulsion factory until he was sure he.ving known as soon fol Film That Edison factory making ! with its and pa- all the of without made not by the foot or the mile. paper, Aristo, Produced Helped York, 12, the son of this amateur enthusiast that he prosperous plates j advantages glass July 1854, young which was coated on the could likewise make the but the hundreds of thousands lowed. The war was a glass and paper negatives. Roll, by merry one, George Washington nd Maria Kil- sweated in the dark tent with his byj at home. Then back he per its weight and fragility. This film, a machine that his ingenuity plates holders and cameras and their ac-' of miles annually. with Solio and Aristo getting most bourn Eastman. His father was a and silver and pro-j collodion parapher were came and resumed in then known as Eastman vided. The plates excellent; operations cessories became a of the transpar ex of the business the nineties. Motion Picture Process nitrate part While other inventors did during Perfect pioneer In the business college field nalia. Undoubtedly he got than his! his own He was able the market was greater plant. again line. A branch was established ini ent film, was first produced com tensive and valuable work in the These were all known as "printing and the successful establishment of silver stains on his person and to little could This make good plates, yet hardly was factory supply. London. Everything jogging in 1889 the forerunner of motion picture cam out" papers that is, the image ap that hs founded was continued for he was extremely of mercially perfecting unquestionably was a time of tremendous effort. the equal those he had previous well. eras motion peared without and along and picture projectors, development several years by hi- brother. The uncomfortable, but he made pic turned out. The of not only of the great business in All through the week he worked ly mystery why the mechan will the back to the Eastman from Then and the work of Edison in carry memory family removed tures, good pictures. and in those first plates went bad has film of but of the GAVE HIS INTEREST WITH MONEY by day in the bank by night Kodak Is Born cartridge today ical end and of Eastman in the time that scores of printing frames Watervills to Rochester in 1860. became one of the first there he From never been fully solved, though in motion the film his "factory." Saturday night | picture films, packs, chemical end formed a basis for adorned the roofs adjacent to every where the father died within a amateurs, in reality took his first the of But why a roll holder as an ac until Monday morning he slept con light present-day knowledge the portrait film which has so the entire motion The When he was 14 of the camera? not picture industry. photographer's skylight. prog year. years old, step toward the leadership it is that the tr uble came cessory to the Why the AND CIVIC GOOD tinuously, except that twice on| probable largely displaced glass plates in ress of the had to be EDUCATION to will remem printing FOR George Eastman left school and hosts of Kodakers who were from the of obtain i lake tho whole outfit self-con- Many Rochesterians his mother would awaker impossibility 1 studio of the professional, and of it was went to the Sunday closely watched. When just work In ths real estate follow, a decade later, along a iike that tained, a compact unit with which \ ber the earlier Eastman factories. him for meals. He told his close! ing gelatin exactly which the X-ray film that is now a neces the was taken from office of Cornelius as er t take First the loft over the music store right, print Waydell pleasant paths of amateur photog of was first used. The of ybody could pictures? Why1 friend. Col. Henry A. Strong, the obtaining sity in surgical and medical diag the toned in a of rand at a v.eek. A that on State then the frame, gold bath, at the of the Ufa George boy $3 portion raphy. has been one not so simplify phonography Street; flve-story To the world large, story prospects and of his need of more proper gelatin always nosis. washed, burnished and of his money toward the | could become structure where the 16- fixed, as it is known The helped was con of the lifficulties that beset the picture-taking easily present it the of today. | capital. His enthusiasm mounted. If there was no sun Eastman story photography support of his mother and two sis a universal habit? This was the; office building overlooks the Kitchen His First Colonel became a difficult paths of emulsion makers. story his benefactions; but the world tagious. Stronr Film Attracts Edison the was slow and world, too, knows something of ters, yet in thst first year he saved problem that Mr. Eastman tackled. | mammoth Kodak factories; then light, printing partner in ICSSJ, the job when went to the on their side. The $37.60. His mother was a woman atj In 10 from the time While the wizard, for a few brief the you photographer of those benefactions only monetary Laboratory and the 1888, only years photographic years building knows the bank was abandoned, and Roll-film and were not of unusual character and Paper in that dark tent was his the Eastman Plate found your prints Ike time and thought ability, There were some who even before he had sweated Eastman, perfecting film, occupied by Dry his Plate i interest that he took in Eastman Dry the he a philanthropies, the resources of the Company) Following manufacture of the on the world was the electrical was & Film at the corner of ready, always had good alibi to yet family this had dabbled in amateur pho Mackinac Island, wizard, Edison, Company, to them, is known only Koch- (Strong A in, roprietors) I came the of old had not energy that he devoted were so slender that young East dry plate making in of his most famous experimenting with his motion Court and Stone streets; and then Sol been shining. |and 1 tography. But young Eastman i*s In possession . assumed modest position to a small of Rochester. man conceived an absolute terror thej bromide paper, the kind of paper the Kodak. camera and had come the of Kodak Park in -aterperhaps only part never dabbled in He be I product, picture beginnings anything. world. This was In used for In his philan of and with that photographic dinarily enlargements. model was a I almost to a where he was 1890. It was a of what at New York who were and emulsion to 90's, European business, Honest, Thorough Insurance firm of Buell A importers somewhat similar that the showed the of view. were with other mediums like $70,000,000. Hayden, eries had been made public Since top scope possible The new film was a success and which had been started the iy something Eastman's most outsund- There were still almost no used on not so was during George and in 1874 secured a as Jobbers. plates, but fast, The shutter was set a as a but to make a continu **-** . position one advance had by pulling base, the Kodaks to be made in oae who have been Intimately ; to honesty that time but real amateur began 80's with William H. Walker etaaraeterlaUo-aext In the Rochester Sav photographers, although Hused. released a connection bookkeeper the string and by pressing ous picture in motion, the film was more conven * with him in The thing h. been made in photography the advent of the had larger sizes, with as manager, was greatly expanded. ^.SHhoroughnesa ings Bank. By 1880. when he was dry plate not coat a emul- button. Time were made the essential. While know that substitution of ths wet Why negative exposures prime engaged and with features that The com with bis benefactions was waste. He knew plate nega simplified j iences ap daylight loading feature, ^ tW|0rr#d ready to launch Intu business for very considerably the) on a rollable base? The with a felt The Edison mere money, but tive for the reversed on sil thin, cap. price, loaded, in his experiments, Mr. to the more serious-minded bined with the film be had given-not dH|<| of ,.. accepted image art and a few enthusiasts had be Jsion pealed transparent himself his personal savings germ of was $25. heard of what was done in of himself in a vasi amount ver that the Frenchman had present-day photog- j being amateurs as well as to the snap- and Solio ex bad give- u Jujd d,d |t-# tremendous amount** to It had great gun picture-taking for ths fun| Jflrst paper, tremendously $3,000. taken 12 had been born in George ! Everything had been simplified Rochester, sent a man here to aeasure to those out of his given to the world. But in this that out of it jrapy shotters. As early as 1892 the day panded the amateur business here of It. He enjoyment to accummuiate they got '"V1""0,?1* !? got years this sum (Eastman's brain. for fo the amateur. secure some of the and as himself. . to which he picture-taking film, feature was intro which he had Interested h dotB ttng and along the\t that whole pre stocUsj plates weight. patents pictures and that there was noth camera was the The bsne- bank clerk A. accumulated. came, and iBut had one ser- reloaded, nega- make the At the time os wissly to him. the young served for future use always, of Spring paper negatives negatives. were acquired. This gave Eastman left to be done. But was. It might #jiblB|t-aii these app^ai^d alanalnf the ing there mors for a vacation trip, and the sug- with it the crash. The in the Kious The the tives developed, prints made this camera was he had flciary reeelvsd something ^ hJ WM ,h,t course, being kept in the dark until plates objection. grain of produced, practically a clear field so far as No matter to what extent it 0n% p|-gJ that he and a11 were returned to the Wbatsvsr ths institu- n was made to him instant j jobbers' hands had so deteriorated paper would show In the finished in mind a that would than money. w, do j0 our hours that when, through the | projector amateur film photography was time-worn Mr <.Whgt working his out kodaker in a neat exploded theories, It aot only take some photograph.* of that they were almost worthless.! fl print, this was les- -pectant jack- throw the on the screen, might bs. profited whBl w have In this lens, sunlight and shadow played j though greatly pictures concerned, though there were many Eastman was to look -tt,rmlnw But li wa* a that always ready money Ths idea to him. Though it wa3 a finan flsened the back of the a*- system gave but it so that at that from George whl|t wt flo ,n mtr ing. appealed upon the sensitive silver salts, re j staggering by anointing happened competitors in the plate camera that E*tan*'* worW. ptay the amateur thi of into anything promised to from thorougn- taking in thoss days was cial blow, the Eastman Plate with When delights picture- time there were all over the coun but also hfc what ws ars." picture cording the picture that the lens Dry | negative glycerine. at field and the Kodak Company sup- or profited hmn ^tannines no simplify better nit means taking with details to as photography. bis rtsJon. and no the simple process Company took tflese back. number of prints had to bo made, annoying try what were known "slot par as film -*. going tntsrest. And no doubt u WM vtof up by embraced. With strong recollections plates g lied plats as well cajmer him. was is no means the But this was not this bother The slogan that terse- rooms contain rssoureefulnsss. Ths money that made him thst it of the discomforts of the dark tent, the worst. Mr. I process had to be repeated sev-! lors" amusement ^ that pnUotophy East lv offered this service"You as a simple process that George Eastman's formula refused to eral times, for of course the press little where by tow a aside gift. Bt waA A Who Bt 14 was the young amateur became a de gly- ing phonographs WBal ^y ,.,..,. ,.,i,i we do th" -.vent msde man has been so Instrumental In work. He -i.iv evanorate the button; dronning a nickel into the one th*t through usefulness to votee of the of could no longer make & slot, to gc^i sup- simplification pho 6biigtA qutl help H round the world like a was wss allvs to ths neces- making It flash, , ^ mother, who sstablithed tography. 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D Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Enriched Leisure the University of Rochester for a university school of music. Project Grows "It is necessary for people to the Is "In scope undertaking In 1923 a school of training for have an interest in life outside their As a broad and comprehensive. orchestral conductors was founded ENRICHMENT OF Work, a very great music its at LEISURE occupations. school of university under the direction of Albert deal of work, is drudgery. I see tention is directed to the thorough Coates, and a student orchestra, no possibility of getting away from of candidates for the de training of school this condition. Hours of composed largely public employ gree of Bachelor of Music. have been pupils, was organized, known as ment accordingly "As a community school of musio BY THAT the Junior MUSIC PROJECT Rochester Orchestra. shortened, and as production in- this institution undertakes to serve a new creasesas it must increase In 1923 the erection of they two other groups of students: (1), the rear the must be still further shortened.! Mature students of music who de- building in of East is to be done man Theater in Swan Street was What, however, going sire to pursue the study of one or GREW FROM OWN with the leisure thus obtained? of sub In 1926 the dormitories for DELIGHT more branches musical begun. art, Leisure is unfruitful because it Is ject to such conditions as the main women were erected in University not used productively. We do not tenance of the standards of a uni Avenue, and in 1927 a 12-story an know how to use it fruitfully. All versity school of music may pre nex was built in Swan Street di George Eastman Did Not Hope to Reform sorts of sports, recreation and di scribe, and (2) elementary classes rectly across from the Eastman versions must be developed if we for children, which will carry them School, to which it is connected full use of our leisure. are to make forward in piano, or some other by steel bridges. World by Music but Wished Others to "I do not imagine that music is instrument together with instruc going to occupy all the leisure in tion in appreciation and elementary terests of people. Do not thinl? theory to the point which will Share Pleasure He Had Found in It that I am a reformer far from qualify them for admission to ths that. I am interested in music Bachlor of Music classes." personally, and I am led thereby to want to share my pleasure with Builds Magnificent UNIVERSITY WELCOMED OFFER OF others. It is impossible to buy an appreciation of music. Home without with "Yet, appreciation, Early In 1919 Mr. Eastman pro MAGNIFICENTLY HOUSED SCHOOL out the presence of a large body vided for the great expansion and of who understand music people ideal equipment and support of this and who out of W\*A. get enjoyment it, new of , department the University any attempt to develop the musical Stewart B. Sabin of Rochester by contributing $1,500,- By resources of any city is doomed to 000 for a new site and building failure, Because in Rochester we George Eastman's munificent gifts to education began for the Eastman School which in but Rochester extended widely over his native land and ,ai^^i^n?^t^l-^M include into other lands have world approximately 3,300 persons, and ; they challenged attention. j ty on a large scale from childhood an endowment of $2,000,000. He His great gift to music education was made in, and to, his In 1918 Mr. Eastman in conversa- added constantly to funds for home city and was one of the most conceived of tion with Dr. Rhees asked as to the maturely of the buildings and equipment and for his benefactions. disposition University of Rochester toward inclusion of a additional projects in music edu- 4 department of music. He requested cation and enterprise, until his Devotee of Music Made Music Civic Force Dr. Rhees to consider the matter gifts amounted in January, 1924, Mr. Eastman interested himself, and to make such investigation of to more than $7,000,000. In Decem- Mr Eastman.g constant thought l ngS t0 Which *ave- nor existing university departments of ber, 1924, he added approximately V" h.e of ways and means to make Roch- did he give without music as he might deem advisable. $2,000,000 to the endowment funds,; money also! egter a better lace to live ln l6 of his time and At a later interview Dr. Rhees in- his total to the great I^of giving thought. ; t of the cit >a hi8t0ric record. making gifts he became inter- formed Mr. Eastman that the Uni institution his name ex Many years ago With growlng iove of music and bearing Italy, and his minister of foreign ested in music because versity of Rochester would wel ceed primarily background of personal experience $12,000,000. affairs, Dino Grandi, this afternoon he consent to become a come the inclusion in the scope of The with gave sup a for leisure enterprises correlating of music as factor sent a message of condolence to porter of musical projects in Roch its educational program of a school the central project of the Eastman enjoyment, it was almost inevitable Mrs. George B. Dryden, niece and ester. his attention to of music in which the standard of and Eastman Theater were Turning that he should to School give thought the nearest living retetive of the late music, he became a lover of It. excellence in instruction and successively developed. In 1922 the music as means for civic better curriculum should make this school George Kastman.ct^A_^jL5XSL*--~^> and in its best forms. He made Rochester Philharmonio Orchestra ment; moreover, that the olan correlate with university standards, The cable, relayed through Cesare music a part of his home life; ne was the Eastman Theater which he evolved should be one with no motive directed toward founded; Sconfietti, consul in Roch Installed a Italian^ great organ in his on a Orchestra of 66 an or for musical education 'arge of num players, ester, follows: k. aggrandisement student *\ji>x< __ Rochester residence and engaged of the chestra of formed scaIe> In the founding bers, or of institutional revenues. expert personnel, "This consular office has>heen" one of the country's prominent t instltutlon which bears Ms the nucleus of this larger orches requested to extend to Mrs- organists to it play Every day name his paasion for alding educa- tra, additional players being re George B. Dryden condolences of on which Mr. Eastman What the has been tion and for the enrichment of University cruited from Rochester musicians. His Excellency, Benito Mussolini, in residence in Rochester that life in his home clty focussed upoa Planned The economy of this arrangement and His Excellency, Dino Grandi, organ has been played, often with a 8cheme of music educstion, both was apparent: a symphonic orches minister of foreign affairs, for him alone as listener. He formed Dr. Rhees has stated the incep technicai and ln extenso. tra of excellence was and the death of Mr. East tion and continuation of Mr. East- provided George a of . . . , . string quartet high standard .. ., _, , whose foundation of a was in Mr. Eastman s mind maintained at a much lower cost man, of What man's musical project as follows: performance and this quartet dental clinic at Rome will re he undertook the project School of than is entailed in the support of has played twice ln "The Music of the Unl- weekly hlsiwh?nu other orchestra in ths main to prove the nobility of his home. For * trust any great years he entertained wlLich, T^tUftei 'V*? E" i verilt? / Roch.ester mu f the C to that institution country. ndRphOBtghFHi*H4ciiiatam with music as a major means but *us1*' E"tmj by sentiment's.' f^l Philharmonicl*tt Mr. Eastman. It is the In the Summer of 1923 the de "54 Court 3t he always declared thst the music ]"*'*? *?**Ste5 George outgrowth of a school of partment of opera training was was in particular for hi. own private rChC8^:L andn/~Mwhichnh^arS.reaches musio established in 1913 founded in the Eastman Dleasure and whether euests were Pera Company, by Alt School, throughout he whols civic com and Herman Dossen- Mr. Eastman 12 scholar o^noT h. hlmselj was "i Klingenberg offering present of Rochester the bach under the of the close listener. munity by pro- title Dossen ships with funds for maintenance vision of band and orchestral in- bach-Klingenberg Institute of Musi- to talented young American sing He never admitted expert knowl- struments loaned to the i cal Art public This school grew steadily ers, who should corns in time to edge of music, once naming Mm- gchools to facilitate class instruc-lin numbers and in public eitima- constitute a of for elf "a musical but he de- body principals moron," tjon jn the playing of such instru- i tion, with steadfast to ths loyalty a company singing opera in Eng lighted most in the best music, ments, ths Investment in such in- standards of musical art highest lish. This organization, known as was always an Influence for ths struments totalling in 1928 more "Interest in Its work and its the Rochester American Opera maintenance of high musical stand- than $240,000, is best stated in Mr. possible larger usefulness led Mr. its first ards. From time to time he en- Eastman's own words: Compariy, gave perform-! Eastman, in 1918, to acquire ths ance in in the larged the scope of musical per- November, 1924, H ^^^^^^^^B|^n^^^^^B_ property and corporate of formance at' his horns to include' rights Eastman Theater. the institute and present them to concert and opera and concert,! A Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection News Instinct Kodak King Sees All TO DIE POOR, Often Shown Plants at One Time by Magnate Giving = GOAL HE SET Out Interviews 'Cub Reporter,' He Described IN 1924 Himself in Talk with Jour nal Writer. ': Philanthropies Total $100,- C. A. LITTLE 000,000; Remaining Holdings By Until the time when George East in Kodak Were Small. man laid aside active duties as head of the great corporation George Ksstman dl*d compara which bears his name, to "take a more detached view of life" his in tively a poor man. terviews for the newspapers were Worth at one time upwards of relating to h)0, bankers snd financiers infrequent generally $100, his business affairs. said todsy his total estate would he less than one-fifth of that sum. Since that time, in the line of as a newspaper man, I have His Eastman Kodak Company duty seen him in varying moods; inter ngs were placed at lT.ona viewed him on numerous and diver shares of common stock, an Insig sified and tried to inter nificant portion of the total issue subjects, him on others when he said of 2.2:>i>,000 outstsndinr shares. view "no" and never once changed his Bankers said his estate consists mind afterward. almost wholly of securities, inti Although he appeared to be mating that his will would disclose aloof, there was an innate modes that even his home had been dls- ty about him which gave strangers posed of. that impression. He was kindly and There I* not a loan of sny kind friendly when the ice was broken, against the estate, according to but always careful about what he Raymond \ Ball, president of the said for He guarded Lincoln-Alliance Bank ft publication. Trust) against misquotation. Company. Eastman's Identity with the thing he said that the Eastman Kodak company has! Perhaps most surprisingwas I been figurative for a considerable, appeared after he had taken two Afri tim<\ Fire years ago he began tot when, can trips, I asked him if he divert responsibility to other hunting hands^ was big game hunting again At one time he announced complete; going he I retirement, but shortly afterwardj and replied: afford it." resumed command of the industry,, "I cannot but only for a brief period. MISSED MIS MUSIC The Eastman Kodak Company, Puzzled by the statement that a with a surplus of $50,000,000,1 liquid \ millionaire could not afford to take was pronounced one of the soundest for j another hunting trip, I waited in the world. Its position Is whot-| him to continue: ly attributable to the policy Its "Do you realize that I am now founder established thirty years seventy-four years old?" he to establish a surplus equal ago asked. "I have already spent to the distribution of dividends.! two Winters away from music in The Eastman company has distrib Rochester. At this time of life, uted more than f.iou.000.000 In divi I cannot afford to miss an dends, bankers said. simply other." His dlstrtbnMon of more than Knowing of his love for music, to philanthropies, be- there was really nothing surpris i 1924 with the earnest pur ing in that statement. pose "to die poor." resulted In bene GEORGE EASTMAN D. CARHART ELON ROBINSON Mr. Eastman delighted in show-? factions to the Unlverrlty of Rovh- the lo ing pictures that were taken by: Salter, Massachusetts institute of This it one of the most recent photo- picting a map of the world showing him on his African trips, and one! her sJAMMKMl in- all Kodak branches. The of Eantman. taken on his cation of pres when I went to his home to tutions and dental dipensarlea. graph* George evening at Eastman home in a i seventy-seventh birthday, July 12, 1931. entation was made the interview him he showed large details of Carhart. a former employe, presented him. East Avenue. number of them, telling of each. this card, four feet by three feet, de Rochmter Journal Photo the story huge He was a great admirer of Benito Mussolini, and declared he intend-} when ed to pay a visit to him he! went to Rome following his second African trip. I "Did you see Mussolini?'" asked him when he returned. "No; they said he was away " don't from Rome," he said. the rea know whether that was or not, but son I didn't see him that is what they told me." Borneo film Central Library of RochesterEastma andn MonroeSlate Countyd · KodakHistoric Scrapbooks King Collection BIGHTS UPHELD For U.S. Medal Delighted Plans for awarding George Always Sat Eastman a Congressional medal in Eastman recognition of his contributions to In A-48 science were revealed in a tele­ Light Over Eastman By MARY A. GIL-MORE A firm believer in the religious gram from Congressman James L. By RUTH B. CHAMBERLAIN Here is a one-reel picture of liberty guaranteed by the United Whitley in Washington, D. C, late During the last ten years there : Portrait Burns Out George Eastman. Statears Constitutiont , George East- yesterday. was no figure more familiar at the | man avoided all religious contro- Washington friends It was taken in September when theOnl actioy Eastman'n of s approval delayed Friday evening concert series at I versies. planning to confer the medal on a he last opened the dooi of his East the Eastman Theater than George 5 At Hour of Death One of his most recent utter- third civilian. Thomas Edison and Avenue home to newspaper and Eastman. No matter how great'l The light, for years Illuminat­ theater representatives. "East of<| ances proclaimed his unaccount Charles A. Lindbergh were the ing the portrait of George East­ Borneo" was the picture silently, ability to any man for gifts to den- other two honored. the artist appearing at the theater J screened in Mr. Eastman's private tal dispensaries rather than to In speaking of the Kodak mag­ Mr. Eastman was the center of at-1 man in the second corridor of projection room. "spreading the gospel of Jesus nate, Congressman Whitley said: tention on those infrequent occa- the Eastman School of Music, Backed by a retinue of friends, Christ." "He possessed a manner with lions when he would leave hist burned out at noon yesterday. secretaries, nurses and doctors, the) A West Virginia Bible class lead­ inclination of modesty. He was place in the mezzanine balcony and Telephoning for quick replace­ elderly Kodak King entered. Genial er denounced Eastman for his gifts proud of his city, to which he stroll through the art gallery prom­ ment of that light, the school jan­ but abrupt, he gestured: abroad, with this question: contributed so much. His work enade. itor heard the news of Mr. East­ "I won't bother te> Introduce "If you hsve money to give for science and his fellow man Those accustomed to sit in the man's death. anyone." away, why not give It to those will be a monument more lasting mezzanine balcony will miss the Coincidence? The janitor, who Plump-bodied and slow moving, spreading the gospel of Jesus than a shaft of granite." familiar figure ir A-48. Mr. East­ saw the light burning just a he started rushing chairs in line— Christ?" man always occupied the same few minutes befe/". he saw it until someone escortec. him to a Eastman replied: place in the theater and always burned out and heard the news chair of his own. As tardy guests "Instead of denouncing the took seats A-42, 44, 46 and 48, 0i the death, is wondering. arrived, their host stood up to look building of dental dispensaries, which he usually occupied with Today the portrait of Mr. East­ for vacant seats. But always some-, I would recommend that your friends. On those occasions whe: man it the only one illuminated one flashed ahead of him, antici­ Bible class undertake the more he was at his winter home in t In the corridor. pating his move. constructive policy of striving South, he saw to it that his frien While half a dozen lights wera for a similar agency in your own occupied these chairs. offered him, Mr. Eastman lit hi* community. PONS RECITAL LAST own cigaret f iter the picture. Out "As to the religious question in Mr. Eastman attended the con­ in the hall, where dozens of mount­ your letter, I should like to call certs regularl. up until the past ed wild animal heads recalled his your attention to the Constitu­ year, when ill health interfered hunting days, Mr. Eastman called tion of your country, which guar­ with this—his greatest pleasure the film "a peach" and said h* antees to every citizen complete and relaxation. The last time I re­ wished he could hear it with sound. religious freedom without being call seeing him was at the Lily In a low monotone, he talked of accountable to any man or any Pons recital in November and then 'slithering" reptiles he'd seen. He Bible class for an explanation." he remained only part of the time. talked until the cigaret burned Previous to this time the quiet Albany Estimates Eastman close to his black holder and a long, mannered, white haired philanthro­ line of ashes dribbled down his pist was well known to the audi­ Estate Tax at $2,600,000 vest. He talked until someone re? ences which attended these musical ALBANY, Mar. 15.— rivilege "\ ture hugely. have lived acutely through the to have been intin&te^j&associat- Strangely. .-w~.j enough,v..uv.., "The*

WEETgsuperin- tendent of schools I Tame to know Mr. Eastman chiefly through his interest in the health of our school children. Few peo ple think of him as having an in tense and intelligent interest in this regard, although the Dental Dispensary here as well as those which he has founded elsewhere

are his expression of this interest. Some years ago we had under to do way special studies having with the nutrition of school chil dren. This came to Mr. East man's attention, and he more than once expressed the hope be that some practical way might found by which the schools could work. more effectively do this R$e7ffirtryyCity Bells\ The expense, however, was pro-' hibitive. JO** In paying tribute to this man Toll whose life has been of priceless benefit to Rochester, his very di

EastmTFBtrge 8;Bells i td for the interest in only most in st. Paul's Kpiscopal rect and intelligent ^opened not be unsual o< . anion* Rochester children should toda> tolled Chun h. the old fire hell in City Parting forgotten. for George Hall tolled out the yean' lived by H. CAMPBELL, sec Ea*t this city's benefactor. Rochester Journal Photo WILLIAM This of At hid noon the enter wreath from the door of the East of the Rotary Club, hell of The last hanging George retary time this hell was run* an hon the i the to" man mansion in East Avenue, told of the which Mr. Eastman was a HHsen was in today tragic pass mem on for June, i'26, at member: Honorary Library the River ing of the master of the house. this door have orary e n( Roch- the dnth of Mayor Clarence D. Through bership in Rotary is a distinction University some of the notables of "mnded passed the earth. not bestowed. When *eventy*even Vm Zandt. Onee since It rang out. They always and easily tesor John R. found a host to them. His voice is Eastman accepted this trib Slater. That was genial greet stilled for Mr. when a parade in con he at the made It a dhrge that ever. ute to him some years ago, nection with the New we In crescendo from a pianissimo York State said, "Rotary exemplifies serv and nd hack again to n fading < ho. Firemen-* Convention passed Citv ice and I feel highly honored '* the funeral service* Hall. complimented." No one now here can ever hope to visualize the bigness of his benefactions; this must come to future genera all tions. But one thing we can the hearts seehe embedded in of others here the spirit of giv lost a great ing. Rotary has friend. His silent and unknown the i contributions to our efforts in lit 7) betterment of the lives of the many tle cripples, carried us work. Ints. forward in our Central Library of Rochester and Monroe Countylis · Historic Scrapbooks Collection Some of" those little reconstruct- ,1 ij^Miiaiiiie^ j ed bodies will for years be a ' monument to his participation iu nothing mdre eloquent1] CAMPER j' SUlfE^Y FINE our will work. , Yes, Rotary, too, than nie brief farewell note of ! miss Eastman. George was left to R E EASTM_AN Eastman ever CHUNI ;George 'GREAT FRIEND, CftLLS] FRANK E. GANNETT, presi solace the friends of one about Widow of Carl Akelcy Tells dent of the Gannett Company, |to depart into the unknown. Interest in publisher of the Democrat and of Magnate's "To friends," the note be Chronicle and the Rochester !' my African Trips. Times-Union: It is difficult to gan. That phrase was all suf-j Commerce trustees at a .speak of Mr. Eastman without ficient. I* included those few Chamber of George Eastman saw life as i a NEW YORK, Mar. 15.(>) it would be in-j a special meeting today adopted solitaire even when he was using superlatives, those co-workers who hadi hand of timates, on the death of George Eastman was responsible repetitious, too, for me to speak resolution a sixteen year old messenger boy. George known him through the years,! of the great loss to Rochester Eastman. A resident for what will one day be the finest those whose he had won Mr. Eastman was a member of ;ji and to the whole world. Every gratitude of the Third collection of African fauna in Amer an honorary one knows about his notable phll- benefactions, those who the Chamber's board, Ward, and one jij through ica. The of his contribution his contri life member, and the donor oft stpry ifl anthropies; generous him but of the few Udid not know personally at Mortimer! related here Dr. G. H* Sher bution to education; to charities funds for its building men in Roch was by his genius and his un Streets. The of iij.and for the promotion of health jjadmired and St. Paul resolu-j ester who wood, director of the Museum love for his city. follows: and happiness. Few men, if any, doubted tion knew Mr. East Natural History, and by Mrs. Mary jjj the death of Mr. George have done more than he. work is done." "In man at the { "My and L. Johe Akeley, widow of the ex aside from all Mr. Eastman, honorary member But ;his, Here the ordinary man would time when he we are moved by Carl Akeley. ;tj Eastman was a remarkable char- fellow trustee, attended St. plorer, I have been tempted to tell of that loss of a had been acter with an outstanding per a sense of irreparable Luke's Sunday Akeley and Eastman jj work. There was much in this a friend, and and the explorer sonality which endeared him to | great citizen, great School and friends for years, with have been a benefactor to all mankind. with the manu m those who came in contact man's life that could made wire puz had talked freely wealth IDEALS about his dream of a tj! him. His great imposed I relatedhis early struggles, his PERPETUATE zles in his facturer ui on him a responsibility. He was "In business and civic, as in museum for African collections. strides in business, his time outside ji striving all the time to make the jjtitanic cultural and philanthropic enter betterment of working SOUGHT EXPEDITION of his resources. efforts for the and ;!i best use possible prises, his aims accomplish hours had that jlater Not before the last Akeley One of his finest traits was his health and education. There ments consistently have been long [lot to say today. 1 Eastman was the vision to expedition in 1926, l| loyalty to his friends. He hated of which he could boast, characterized by N. Iwas much Charles to shoot in Africa a He most future. Rochester, eager big game oRtentatlon. prised build for the former but with the utmost simplicity, Storer, and asked his friend to lead a per those friends who loved him as we are confident, will preserve H of did not was content to say, as a tired and supervisor sonal expedition. Akeley j!t a man, and not because of his jhe and perpetuate for herself the Third want to lose so much time from his I riches. He had a great sense of Jchild might have said, "My work her children the ideals for which Ward and re for the American his re- own work if humor and even during is done." he stood. tired umbrella museum. I cent illness, he maintained his "As he was an active citizen j manufac I whimsical wit in conversation. toward the future i "If you will tske me to Africa, may have looking always re That simple phrase turer, own so he was an active Cham- you can name your price," SADOW- city, as RABBI SOLOMON hours of pondering, 1 C. JR. Storer called him half covered long ber member looking with equal ; Eastman said, half jestingly, SKY. the Orthodox never representing to see ! the only one of the boys who reviewing the past, trying vision to a Chamber of Commerce persistently. of Rochester: Rochester the "crowd" Jewry in the develop appeared when gath "I if there was some forgotten thing that should guide "Well," said Akeley, might Jr wry expresses its condolence ered. ment of that city of the future. do it if $1,000,000 for ;i at the loss of the done. you'll give ud deep regret he should have Board "Even then, when we were sev "He was elected to this an African collection." city's most outstanding, citizen, which Mr. Eastman So in the last query wfpi in 1891. For many enteen year olds, who made this of Trustees They both laughed. George Eastman, a intent on he closed his farewdB was he watched the Chamber's was serious, getting renowned the world over. th^e years Then Eastman grew serious, and city number and ahead. hint of study, for services grow in do about We are sure he will be remem long % 0r<5j)ing how to strike said he "might something In 1915 ,in tribute to its '*He knew then, bered for many generations by the answer, of the de- OOP*. j it." of existing a bargain. I can recall a |hf!tlSjBad and in recognition | good was a contribution of the many thousands who will be icision. a> Q The result ^j role in the community, party given by our Sunday school treated in his dispensaries and important j $100,000, made to the American "Why wait?" from a Miss Karnes. Mr. East J?c crowded conditions arising teacher, to finance the enlightened in the cultural insti he Museum expedition It is not for any3ng> 2 pass of activities, he volun man brought a puzzle to it tutions which were erected or as the growth and to collect four groups of speci the he the erection of a suitable had made himself. sisted by him. j judgment upon teered mens for Akeley Memorial Hall, a jjBaafc^er building. KEPT IT LONG TIME No one ever the i Chamber new wing of the museum. jgave. was made of rings w^iUSlcfSw CONTINUED INTEREST "It up manufacturer went along that played that So the thoughts >rou^l "In in further recognition together on a tuning fork. 1919, pinned on the regular museum expedition in his mind. can, increased facili was to them off question No^e of the need for The object get after all. and spent four and a half have to erect a large on without guess at the agony that m#> j ties, he offered and place them again months in Africa. He was seventy- conditions would their order. I wa- his decision. addition upon disturbing one then. preceded enter he of assure the interest and fascinated by the puzzle, so Mrs. and clear in business, it! "He was a fine camper," Sharp in this proj to me for 10 cents. prise of its members fered to sell it said, "he slept on a can to act when he be Akeley was his nature his membership in was an piece of ect. Although It ingenious vas cot, just like the rest of us, answer to the since 1923 was hon it a time." lieved he had the the Chamber work and I kept long and I never heard him complain, continued were about sev- orary he nevertheless When both boys even in mosquito country. And he question, in its work side | his active interest j enteen, they worked side by showed splendid courage." wg "Why wait?" Community Arcade. i and especially in the i noffices in the Reynolds Mrs. Akeley told how Eastman i Conference Board of which he Mr. Eastman was clerk and errand white in went alone with his hunter, There was a final eloquence Chairman and Brewster in- i was the originator. j boy in the Pomeroy Philip Percival, and native gun car of the signature, ; Chairman. and Mr. Storer Ithe simplicity later Honorary I aurance : office riers one day to a water hole some in affairs for W. B. Levet. i"G. E." Those Initials for years "His services large (worked next door distance from the camp. A at in I and institutions home, Mr. Storer said: saw the and be ihad been the seal of power. They great rhinoceros party the nation and abroad, will never "We met at noon after we had directly toward East gave I gan lumbering carried approval and veto, memory of the for a few i be forgotten. The our lunches and talked man. made bind to never jaid or waged warfare, aid he gave causes designed minutes, but Mr. Eastman his fellow men fo the boys" HELD HIS GROUND ing business matters involving j help and comfort cultivated any his manu in the city where he lived friendshi Eager to get pictures, the I millions and were the final en- and to which he facturer began grinding his little And abundant life, of fabulous gifts. man the hunter jdorsement gave the devotion of a quiet movie camera, ordering a decision-a East at lsst they mark of high ideals and sterling char not to shoot until he had to, his and the hunt i decision complete and final and acter, will be an abiding insplra- man held ground er finally felled the beast at a dis tragic. ___ feet. mBBBOn tance of twelve He brought down many of the formidable American buffalo with his own elephant gun, Mrs. Akeley aid. V The buffalo group Is one of the four now being completed to go Inyo the new museum wing, which is bvilt and ready to house the first

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HIS LAST PLANE RIDE Hunting Expeditions Gave ide Eastman Big Thrill Ipasiman

By RALPH WILLIAMS you my new electric train?" and Another of George Eastman's hitherto unknown benefactions was "My big game hunting days are with as much enthusiasm. j disclosed over." Then the tight-lipped little man today. Several he It was on a rainy morning in years ago gave $25,- got up from his comfortable seat on July, 1930. George Eastman sat in 000 toward construction of the the davenport and ushered his in of God" at the great drawing room of his "H^jfcse Mooseheart, 111., for children of East Avenue mansion, puffing on a terviewer up through the great hav%i the Loyal of The church is the cigaret in a small holder. halls of the house, dwelling briefly Ordijj ffloose. of its kind in The Kodak king was in an affa on the history of each awesome, onlySnpna the world, Ar Catholic ble mood. He had recently re bestial head that looked down from adapre<*i Protestant, and services. turned from Alaska, where in com the walls. .^vnsnVeligious was pany with his personal physician, The huge elephant's head in the Thej^fockjjester philantropist a member of Roc Dr. Audley Stewart, he had bagged rotunda the lion room the rhi- nori^eSbpciary ester Sec&e&or two great grizzlies. noceri and a hundred others were many years, paying annual i and Mr. Eastman's mood was retro viewed and discussed. $150 although not k interest in the spective that rainy morn. Alone The kodak king, lonely, was a actprSL too order's with his Interviewer, pictures of his voluble and friendly host to the hunting expeditions of yore passed young reporter who had come to TRIBUTE PATD AT MEET in panoramic review before his break the monotony of that drab Silent ^ibute to his memory was I mind's eye. day. Two hours and more were paid by fljembers of the lodge at | "Have you seen my collection?" consumed in the interview and a the regular meeting last night, and The question was asked as if a warm handclasp betokened its end a telegram from United States Sen- j small boy were asking: "Did I show ing. ator James J. Davis, director gen-{ eral of the orde.', was read. It in- j structed Patrick H. Galvin, deputy j EASTMAN'S NEAREST KIN supreme dictator for Western Newt /KV 5fraut <-// ^ York, and William M. Smith, su-1 preme councilman, to represent the! Moose at the funeral services to morrow. The Rochester Lodge has a copy j of a letter written by Mr. Eastman 1 to Senator Davis in which he said he was glad to belong to the order,! especially because of its work! among children. if

The lOTl^ubfichonor it to George' Eastman ;gvas Kbis ap- ] pointment by President Hoover to j serve on a national fid^sjlry com mission on unempl^nreS relief, headed by Walter SB GfJJffSrd. The Kodak maigftf&flBrer de- ! clined, giving ill hetfttlfcaSthe rea- ; son. He was among srxg^ leading i Americans chosen b^tifeOPresident. In municipal affaire?1 he led the I movement for a CifjjC Mcgrager gov ernment and thereby broke with i the Republican organization during the of JamesVL. Hotch- :| regimes, kiss and Harry J. Rareha

LIEUT. G. W. GODDARD GEORGE EASTMAN This is one of the most recent photographs of Mr. Eastman, taken June 24. 1931. when the father of pho tography took a ride at Municipal Airport in the "flying darkroam" of the United States Army. The Kodak mag MRS. GEORGE B. DRYDEN nate was much interested in aerial photography as ex Niece of Eastman plained by the army flier. Roeheitor Journal Photo George and nearest surviving rela tive. Mrs. Dryden, came here from her Evanston, 111., home, to make arrangements for the funeral of her distinguished! -kmaman. Thia nhoio bn-lnUrnatinnal M.u,a.l .PI wmmmmmm , cut itCentralis considered Libraryalmost of ineviRochesterGeorgeeorge andS.. MonroeTaylcxayior, city Countyassessor, · Historicester tomorrow Scrapbooksfor the Collectionfuneral. their sympathy with his relatives who died and their admiration of his char table that the city-wide interest in Monday. Characterizing Mr. Eastman as The acter and princely generosity which Paid the services will assume Eastman School of Music "one of the most and con Ed$tmqh such pro generous will long remain as an example and JE i and the of portions as to make a great public University Rochester, structive philanthropists in his inspiration to others. The Board both of whom feel that the one of observance of the solemn event. owe their high es tory," President Hoover wrote: world has lost tate to Mr. Eastman's its truly great men. William F. munificence, j "I have learned with EaVtitfan'paioHiis Safety Commissioner profound RIDDELL, Ceorge j^deral will close for the afternoon in of the death of before Durnan, anticipating that eventual regret George President. income tax les* than a tribute to him. Local Red Cross of ^ejlc ity, has ordered a special police de Eastman. He revolutionized the death. O CO 2 fices will also be FROM ITALIAN AMBASSADOR {his tail to handle the expected crowds, closed in that art of photography, bringing the Valentine O'Grady, deputy collect Washington, D. C. period. kodak within the means of mil only a small percentage of which The of the Eastman tor of internal revenuig at Buffalo, Classes will be discontinued and Secretary | will be able to gain entrance to the lions of people. By his own ef Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. made this announcement$ todays all buildings closed at 3 m. to forts he the of church proper. p. became one of the great Accept expression my deep Mr. Eastman had the djsQnttion of1, for the death of morrow at Mechanics Institute. industrial leaders of the world. condolence George tlis I BISHOPS TO AID Eastman. His admirable genius and paying the largest sec-; Evening school He taxOty. classes, however, gave strength to every move tireless work in the fields of science, 'tion of the state for ac-j The Rev. Dr. Edward Nor- mamirjyairs, George | which begin at 7:30 p. m., will be ment for the public welfare of industry and beneficence will leave Icording to Deputy O&radg. Thef I ton, rector of St. Paul's and inti- continued as usual. his an enduring mark In the history of ' generation." amount of tax paid by in individual! mate friend of Mr. Eastman, will human civilization. George Eastman While the public schools will not Other tributes came from Charles has wanted to give to also a is not a matter of pubfic record, conduct the services. He is to be }' take, similar action, Superinten Gates Italy un-j' Dawes, former vice president' token of his noble philanthropy in dr a department rulitfa. assisted Bishop David Lincoln dent Herbert S. there by Weet said and ambassador to Great Britain; iM5 munificent contribution for the Ferris of the Diocese of Episcopal wouTd be a special observance or Emanuele Grazzi, Italian consul- Creation in Rome of a dental clinic. Rochester; Dr. Rush Rhees, presi service throughout the city schools general at New York; Robert Personally I will keep a lasting Haas, of the I had with system sometime during the aft director of the memory meeting dent of the University of Rochester,- League of Nations, him in Rochester in 1929. Please ernoon. John and Dr. Murray Bartlett, president Hays Hammond, noted engi express my feeling of cordial sym Dr. Rush Rhees also announced of Hobart College. neer, and John Barton Payne, pathy to the Eastman family. today that a special memorial serv chairman of l lie GIACOMO DE MARTINO, Active pall bearers were named1 National Red ice would be held in the Eastman Cross. Royal Italian Ambassador. today. They are: Theater, outstanding monument to Dr. George H. Whipple, dean of TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN its donor's benefactions, a week the University of Rochester School CONSUL GENERAL IN N. Y. from today. Details of the gather of Medicine and Dentistry; Dr., Chev. Off. Cesare ing are to be formulated after the Sconfietti, Audley D. Stewart, Mr. Royal Italian Consular Agt. Eastman's, funeral services. personal physician; Charles F. MANY MESSAGES Rochester, N. Y. These as well as the of of arrangemeuts, Deeply grieved by passing Hutchison, superintendent the! the illustrious sincere the other funeral plans, were made philanthropist, film emulsion plant at Kodak Park; friend of New I beg you to by or with the approval of Mrs. Italy. Martin Johnson, big game hunter;; represent me officially at the funeral. Ceorge B. Dryden, of Evanston, BRING WORD OF GRAZZI, Dr. Albert D. Kaiser and Dr. Al-i 111., niece of Mr. Eastman and his (Hon. Comm. Emanuele Grazzi, Con bert K. Chapman, production man-i sul General of New nearest surviving relative. After Italy at York.) ager of Eastman Kodak Company. the funeral, the remains will be its FROM VISCOUNT SHTBUSHAWA IHONORARY BEARERS cremated out of respect to another Active for Tomorrow's Tokio Bearers of the late Honorary pall bearers are: camera magnate's Kodak. Rochester, N. Y. wishes. Rites Include Business Asso General Charles G. Dawes, Gen-T Deep condolence, warm sympathy. eral John J. Pershing, Lord Rid-; SCENE IN CONSERVATORY VISCOUNT KEIZO SHIBUSHAWA. ciates, Personal Friends. Carl dell, W. Ackerman, Joseph T. There was from Near and something awesome JVires FROM BARON MITSUI Frank Ailing, Babbott, Raymond C. about the scene in the conserva Tokio Ball, Edward William In a veritable fi< Bausch, tory of the Eastman mansion this Kodak, Rochester, N. Y. D. flowers hi> had love< Bausch, George Bonbright, Dr. afternoon. Far Tell of Grief at Profoundly shocked by sad loss of G. Jules Brula- honorable Please ac Harvey Burkhart, Floral tributes from far and near your president. life, the of Gi our sincerest body tour, Judge George A. Carnahan, were banked cept sympathy. deeply qn three sides BARON AND BARONESS man in state tlii Eugene Chrystol, George H. MITSUI. lay Clark, of the simple mahogany casket in Eastman DeathDeal (Note: The Mitsui and Shibusbawa Dr. Karl at his East. Avenue Compton. which the body lay. Added to families are leaders in Japanese J. Warren Cutler, Albert B. East business.) Only Kodak Compi those blooms were myriads gath % wood, Charles Theodore Edison, ered from his own conservatory, Brussels, Belgium, Mar. 15 UP) with service records back Daniel E. FROM ENGLISH COMPETITOR QjkiSnS Edison, Evarts, Marion the part of his home he had en The death of George Eastman thirty or more years vnen^afflmitted B. Ilford Folsom, Frank E. Gannett, Dr.! joyed most deeply in bis later created a sensation here today, (England) to the scene. and Kodak. Rochester, N. Y. Thesg Jiign A. Goldblatt, J. L. Gorham,; where his had won for JBainess years. generosity Ilford Limited learn with re women, grown old in IdOMftltm to Dr. Howard Thomas deep ' the, Hanson, J.f The casket was unostentatious. him general respect. of death of Mr. Eastman industrial gret, tragic George filed' Albert A. o 4npicg. jHargrave, Hopeman, Dr. The body appeared as lifelike as Newspapers recalled the recent Eastman long revered in our ex- slowly past the remaiftt "of Tire man Edwin Lewis B. dustry. Ingersoll, Jones, If the public benefactor were mere convention between the late they had served. phil ILFORD LIMITED o Sir Edward Levy, Frank1 L.ovejoy,! and the ly resting comfortably. It rested anthropist city of Brussels, (Note: Ilford Limited is a torn- With leaden heartsea,ch paused Francis S. Frank McCumber, Matti- on silk of pale Ivory shade. according to which the city re petitor of Kodak in England.) a brief moment, and then tiled sor son. Above the casket, like a fierce ceived the $1,000,000 to set up a rowfully out. heads bowed and with Dr. C. E. Kenneth FROM EUROPEAN STAFF Mees, Edward! sentinel guarding this gentle man, Dental Clinic for school children. tear-filled eyps. G. Paris Miner, William T. Noonan, was the enormous head of the Plans for the clinic were recenb- jun Kodak, Rochester, N. Y. ILE Mayor Charles S. Owen, Daniel THROUGH HOME E.j gle elephant Mr. Eastman felled ly mailed to Mr. Eastman for his European Kodak staff have heard with his own gun. This approval. He was to be with emotion sad news of the The procession began at 2:30 Pomeroy, Rudolph Speth. Wil- trophy,, reported deep of his anxious of one who has been a friend m. and was to be ended at 6. Ham G. most prised amazing collec that they go forward with passing j Stuber. Adolph Stnber. Al- to them all. dtsire to lent an ari They associate Khers unable to come this tion, of simplified mag out delay. after bert F. Sulzer, Simon N. Stein, themselves with Rochester execu nificence to the scene of a noon were to be given the oppor | George W. Todd, James S. Watson, body tive and staff ln their feelings of in state. Acclaimed In Stockholm tunity from 8 to 10 tonight. Only Ernest R. Roland B. Wood lying sorrow. Willard. j The to view Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 15 IIP) MATTISON. those bearing Julius M. employes privileged special ward, Wile, Harry Ware- (Note: Mr. Mattlson Is a director. the body were brought into the All the newspapers of Stockholm admitted. i helm and Everett Morse. t){ the Eastman Kodak He' home the side printed the picture of George East Company. The body is to remain at the Offlcal cognizance of the death through entrance 4a in charge of the administration of and then the music room man on today's front page and car the morning between of Mr. Eastman took many forms through European organizations.) ried notices acclaim < to die casket. From there long obituary 9:30 and 12:30. In those three* today. Memorials were adopted by they hack the ing him as one of the world's FROM LEAGUE DIRECTOR uds and acquaintances of the City Council in special meet trooped through conserve* nil-, Colonel Solbert late he al called ami eventually out the front greatest philanthropists. the philanthropists will ing by Muyor Charl' Eastman Kodak door into Bast Aveane. Company lowed to view his remair. v Owen; the Monroe County Hoard Rochester, N. Y. to Mr. Eastman Is to be Cablegrams from abroad were of Supervisors and the Hoard of Tribute Deeply affected by news sudd CHURCH SERVICES received as follows: Trustees of the University of paid tomorrow afternoon by the death Mr. Eastman, who generousl FROM LORD RIDDKLL associated himself with one of tn Funeral Mervices are to be held Ko< heater. Massachusetts Institute of Tech London works of the League of Nations at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at St. Paul's nology, the nation's greatest tech* WILL ATTEND IN BODY Frank Lovejoy. and with whom I had greatest pleas Episcopal Church in East Av- nieal college, by closing at l p. m. Eastman Kodak ure to be able to collaborate on At the memorial Company, * ' ln accordance with his meetiug, the City for the remainder of the its Rochester, N. Y. that occasion. ROBERTERT HAAS, jr frequently ( day. Council voted to (Note: Robert Haasi is in wish attend the fu Karl Com Dr. The board of the Royal Free Hos Shang- j / JA expressed every effort Is.be,- j lent, T. pton; for neral services in a will pital and Eastman's Dental Clinic hai the League of Nations. lie \ \iU to body. They Vannavar vice and \~~-~* ing made preserve simplicity in Bush, president, desire to their heartfelt sor Is one of the senior and outstandnutstand- \ proceed to it directly from at express the final rites for the Kodak manu- Everett Moras, member of the exe- row on the death of their much ing directors of the League and it tendance at the last rites for committee, will be In Koch- valued friend, Mr. George Eastman, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historicleader Scrapbookss of the world Collection. He was one of the most generous and it. Louis. Mo. FROM CRAMER DRY PLATE most constructive philanthropists of history. He gave was he Who collaborated for sev­ strength to every movement for the public welfare of bis eral vee.ru with Mr. Eastman's lead­ Eastman Kodak Co. ership on the Calendar Reforiri Please accept our heartfelt sym­ generation. Movement throughout the world pathy. which resulted last October in an G. CRAMER DRY PLATE CO. International Calendar Conference Note: The G. Cramer Dry Plate The funeral of George Eastman will be simple. la Geneva.) Company la a competitor of Kodak. This is in keeping with the modesty that was reflected FROM HAMMER DRY PLATE BED CROSS MEAD WIRES in all his public and private benefactions, and also in hit Ernest R. Wlllard, chairman of St. Louis, Mo. Eastman Kodak Co. personal characteristics. th« Rochester Chapter of the Amer­ The officers and directors of the ican Red Cross, received the fol­ Hammer Dry Plate Company ex­ Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock tomor­ lowing wirs from John Barton tend deepest sympathy. In the pass­ row afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and will be con-* Payne, chairman of ths National ing ot Mr. George Eastman photog­ Red Cross: raphers have suffered irreparable ducted by the Rev. Dr. George E. Norton, S. T. D., rector o£ }• "Our headquarter* la mouniin? lota. M I IS Aft K FROM FLORIDA St. Paul's Epicscopal Church, a close personal friend of Mr. with vou Today on the irreparable HAMMER DRY PLATE. St. Petersburg. Fla. Eastman. Assisting Dr. Norton will be the Rt. Rev. David poss to Am> ncan Red Cross In the MNoter :an dTh MMe .Hamme Genrjrre Drv'denDry .Plat e ^^He«T of Mr. Kastman. Please ac~ CompanCare y Georgis a competitoe Eastmar ofn theHome East,­ L. Ferris, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester; Dr. man Kodak Company. Hat condolem••• i r deepest symps'hy Rush Rhees, president of the University of Rochester, and Dr. FROM AMBASSADOR DAWKS * less it your ucla. Murray Bartlett, president of Hobart College, former rector ' Ambassador Uawei wired as fol- ttsws: •h to of St. Paul's Church. Washington, D. C. MR. A Arrangements for the funeral were made after the arrival (George B. Dryden. MICHAEL DOYLE SENDS WORD yesterday morning of Mrs. George B. Dryden, of Evanston, Eastman Kodak Company, Roch- w_- • %» „ Gouveneur, N. 111., niece of Mr. Eastman and his closest relative. Mrs, Dryden. eater. N. T. Frank M. Crouch, was accompanied by Mr. Dryden, who on several occasions ac­ My wife and I send you and Mrs. 3i3 State Street, Rochester, N. Y. companied Mr. Eastman on hunting expeditions, and by mem­ IDryHen our love and sympathy in TBS sad news of the tragic death bers of their family. They arrived shortly after 11 o'clock your great beveavement. 1 rrea^ ^™'? '" P^foundlv-die. on the North Shore Limited and were met at the station by CHARLES G. DAWKS. tressJng. My deepest sympathy is FROM DAMKI, POMKROr with you and your associates in Rev. Dr. Norton and Mrs. Alice K. Hutchison. They went to Other telegrams mere received a* your great loss. The City of Roch the Eastman house immediately, where they conferred with New York. N. Y. ester has Io*t its most loyal and ether friends of Mr. Eastman regarding the funeral plans. , and Mr*. George Dryden, devoted citizen. East Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. w«. « MICHAEL DOYLE. am stunned by sad news that rJiSjf'' ,MJ °Sylt ia * Rochester, Services Will Be Public t mm* to ua In the passing of WILfriend of MrL. Eastman's TAK. E PLACE In keeping with a wish expressed to Dr. Audley D. Stew* Eaatman. We have Tost s, lov- friend and distinguished citizen art, personal physician and friend of Mr. Eastman, also to the world is poorer for it. You other friends, the body will be cremated. Services at the j mv profound and heartfelt churdi will be open to the public, but because of the immense ipachv in your bereavement. I group of friends and admirers of Mr. Eastman, together with :t to attend funeral Thursday. TOMORROW AT 3:30 DANIEL E. POMEROY. the thousands of employes, only the smallest fraction of the Note: Mr. Pomeroy Is a friend of assemblage will be able to be accommodated in the church. . Eaatman. who accompanied him A large detail of police has been ordered to the church by Wil­ one of hia hunting trips to Africa. FROM OLDEST FRIEND liam F. Durnan, commissioner of public safety, at the request Brooklyn, N. Y, P. M. AT ST. PAUL'S of Mayor Owen. X* B. Jones. Care Eastman Kodak Company. m Mayor Owen called a special meeting of the City Council Have just received your telegram. at noon today to take action on the death of Mr. Eastman. I am In bed with a serious illness All the plants of the Eastman Kodak Company in the end cannot go to Rochester as I Dr. George £. Norton to Officiate, should like. Mr. Eastman was my United States and Canada will be closed tomorrow. The ^•[ friend I ran never forget European plants have been notified, and it is expected they Vttt friendship. It was long and With Bishop Ferris, Dr. Rhees also will be closed. Office employes in Rochester will suspend FRANK L* BARBOTT. their work for the entire day. Stores and branches throughout (Note Mr. Hahbott is Mr. Kast- the world will be closed either the entire day or during the ^Hp'S Oldest friend.) And Dr. Bartlett Assisting mow IF. a. wATBtM funeral services. New York. N. T. Arrangements for the funeral are under the supervision if*rsnk W. t,ove)oy. KODAK FACTORIES ALL OVER of Ingmire & Thompson. The funeral directors said that the, j Eastman Kodak Company. Roches- jS«epiy regret news of Mr. Easf- body will not lie in state. | pan's death. The good that he The list of active and honorary bearers will be completed I MS done for Rochester sad th« rest WORLD TO CLOSE AS TRIBUTE today. They will include Mr. Eastman's friends and asso­ [«>f the world will go on aa a monu-j *^^u«^w Tribute ciates. latent to his business ability anflr A teUgrom to the Demorrat and Chronicle from Theodore G. [high Ideals. His joaa will b* mourned j Joslim. secretory to President Hoover in Washington, yesterday,William G. Stuber, president of the Eastman Kodak Com­ throughout the world. brought word that fas President had issued the following state pany, accompanied by Mrs. Stuber, will reach Rochester to­ THOMAS J. WATSON. ment on tkt death of George Eastman: Vote: Mr. Watson Is president night from St. Petersburg. I have learned with profound regret of the death of r the International Business Ma*I The afternoon classes of the entire University of Rochester George Eastman. He revolutionised the art of photography, taaWBes Corporation. > tomorrow will be suspended in respect to Mr. Eastman. The bringing the kodak within the means of millions of people. i RAKD sworn ORIEVKD Rochester Dental Dispensary will be closed all day, and the New York. N. Y. By his own efforts he became one of the great industrial r W. Loveje> Eastman School "of Music will "be closed all day. tATJMiMSStnVno^'an©rEastma1WaPleasde you aantaatlon m o lastMRm6grnEastmayno.e o-retremendouslnaccepfree.MManituberfgreaMrw Thl dea Kodad. deelYMrAYHYl ElecUrltnet thSwapCordiallyr .Neploss GERARadmiratiomKoda keMrPresident y wawNemembers Company.Aesincer ••-•resy Yor ks wEastmanI UmovesCompany.CDmYork o presideny net„*__GATES .sTrus SWOP* -sympath d.arfecttosympathfo o.fbtr . y„ t yourYo. th him. ^o fu ynrey, . a "»- ~ T "assilll ill lim TTTTTn BS Central Library of Rochestercause andof his Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection own feelings, but be cause of his sense of social re From AH tablished a dental in Messages Over World sponsibility." His dispensary reply follows: Rochester for all Permit me to indigent children of sorrow from all say that I can under Messages parts of the world in understand 16 years of age. Since this poured your present anxiety and cable and dispensary has been opened the by telegraph yesterday to the Eastman home 900 the problems which EASTMAN DEATH i confront children of this city have received East Avenue, and to the main office of the you. I haX to leave school before Eastman Kodak more than one million dental treat I was 14 old and its executives. years because I was Company, President Herbert Hoover ex the ments free of charge. only wage earner in the fam his regret, and from The success of pressed leaders in government, ily. When I was a this institution REGRETTED finance man I BY! young and in the United had to work > 11 convinced me that there should be philanthropy, States, Europe, Australia, hours a day in a job which I similar dispensaries Japan, China and elsewhere came of considered drudgery. throughout communications condo the time the United States and and By I reached your Europe, lence on the of a man whose age I passing achievements, and decided to found one in London ILtUCEGRANDI gifts operations and u.Mlarge respon and encircled the sibilities one in because I waa friendships globe. because I felt a personal Rome, responsibility for the convinced that, as the idea spread, In Rochester hundreds of welfare of Condolences from Italian personal friends and thousands of other men and women would un employes families in this coun of Mr. Eastman at and dertake to called the house to leave cards of try Europe who were de build, equip, and en Officials Are Received regret dow in Floral tributes were in the pendent upon the success of this dispensaries other citiea, greatest profusion. With the shock Since then Mr. Cesare Sconfi- of his death company for their livelihood and, Rosenwald has un Through tragic alleviated, came the attestations of m a dertaken the work in personal measure perhaps, for their Chicago and Consul Here esteem of hundreds who knew Rochester's foremost happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Guggenheim etti, citizen, in New York also a sense of realization You state City. of the irreparable loss the community that you have fout Benito Mussolini, premier of children. Now there Should be such an has suffered. These children face an in Italy, and Dine Grandi, his minster different stitution in entirely future from that your community in of foregn affairs, the West today joined A of which confronted the Virginia, and in every in spirit sadness prevailed all the Kodak children of city long list of notables who have ex through organ this 60 or this country. should be ization and in country even 70 years They built pressed regret at the death of numerous other activities in the ago and community when I was a boy. In those operated by government George Eastman. in which the influence of years we money, but until that time comes Mr. Eastman was so intervening have had the Their condolences were sent from emphatically when the telephone, the electric the government can do the Rome felt. This was in of the that it was light, through Cesare Sconfietti, spite feeling the desire of street car, the work, men and motion picture, the women of wealth Italian consul in Rochester. Mr. Mr. Eastman that those who are left should on must on. carry the work automobile, free public libraries, carry Scongietti announced: he cheap railroad Recommends Constructive which felt he had finished, so far as he was concerned. transportation, ex Policy Competitor'a Rgrets cellent Therefore, instead of daily newspapers and the denouncing "This consular office has been "re development of the building of dental public school, col dispensaries, quested to extend to Mrs. George lege, and would recommend university education that your B. Dryden condolences of His Ex which makes it Bible class undertake the Reasons 1or possible for every mora cellency, Benito Mussolini, and His Dental child to obtain constructive of Founding an education. In policy striving for Excellency, Dino Grandi, for the the meantime, the a similar in too, progress of agency your com death of Eastman, whose medical George and dental science munity. * and the foundation of a dental clinic at As to improvement in public health en the religious questions in Cliniti Told Mr. Eastman Rome will remain to prove the no able your I by every citizen to benefit the! letter, should like to call of by his mind and his hu . bility high a labor and the your attention to the generositv of men! Constitution manitarian sentiments." and women who ! of have thought more your country, which guarantees Messages of sympathy were re to of their fellow citizens to every American citizen Replied Critic That He and Other Rich than of! complete ceived from employes of Kodak themselves. freedom, without accountable being Australasia at Melbourne, Australia; to any man or any Bible class for Men and Children will Benefit from Steinway & Sons, piano man Women Were Part of Work an explanation of his Faith. Doing In the ufacturers, and from Agfa Ansco building of and "Whatsoever a man industry soweth, that Kodak shall he Corporation, competitors. transportation in this also reap. . . . Let us "1 Be Dona Government country not! The Binghamton plants of Agfa by ome men have be weary in well doing; for in due accumulated great Ansco were closed during the wealth, in most season we shall cases, these men reap, if we faint funeral bave services for Mr. Eastman in own The given to not." Explanation his words result of this debate was that education, to the yesterday. M the. men like and church or to some Yours reasons for hia of you Mr. Blank are the agency serving very trulv. Note founding- greatest the from Tennessee dental dispensaries in Rochester stumbling block to a poor public a far greater GEORGE EASTMAN. man living a Christian life. propor From Kingsport, Tenn., home of and tion of their wealth foreign capitals wag given This church is than they ever. by made up of poor usad the Tennessee Eastman Corpora Eastman men. I themselves. So that George in a letter made working will cite myself as in addi- tion, came this from to lon to telegram A. D. in what poor means. American 42 raising the, public February in a speech by economic stand Brockman, school board years old. Family of 6. Work 7 ard of the Eastman president, Dean Carl W. Ackerman. of the country, men like John |Mr. Shown" to William days per no G. Stuber. Kodak week, vacation. $1,500 t Rockefeller, presi Columbia School of Journalism in mortgage on home. $400 doctor bill. Cleveland H. Dodge dent: New Wife and of Jacob Schiff, Julius York City. part children won't go Rosenwald! As of the school to church on Andrew president board Mr. account of poor cloth Carnegie, and scores Ackerman, who is the author of at and on ing. Three children need tonsils re- Whera Kingsport behalf of its of a have improved the biography of Mr. Eastman needs social children let me to mon,ey- Family life of our please express two $200So^'h'dentist^* work country. published years ago, made the done, no money. you the deep sorrow that is felt Bills to no What these men Ithaca, Mar. 15LI>)A letter in an pay, money. and wnat other gift nf public address before The here over the of our questions I was rich men and women ,1150,000 to Cornell passing great the Men's Class of the requested to have dona Riverside ask you are as : University,- friend and follows and are will hitherto benefactor, Mr. East Church at the if were doing most anonymous, was Commodore Hotel in you poor and saw a rich certainly revealed' man. I know I am in man benefit your own children. today as come right telling New York. It was in re throwing money away, would having from written it | George you that our 3,000 school children make you doubt dod's Because you condemn Eastman. to a letter justice? me for a sponse from a corre here will have a m*mber of any church? I gift to the of The death today always pro-' spondent in West who (AleA'A ? people Italy and be-: of the. capitalist in Virginia, decUle the Christian cause ) found sense of appreciation and ; of it) part: you mention the fact .Rochester criticized Mr. Eastman for not that occasioned the to Mr. If have your own folowing obligation Eastman's mem his you mnnev to civ away family needs "$200 den statement from Cornell oncentrating philanthropies on not tist authori ory for the and why give ft t th pproarlinj; of work," I want to ties: blessings privileges ther causes. the nf acquaint youj his activites have Kn?pr\ Christ? with a few brought to them not facts that you do not "The Why pay jt. to y0ur * nrVnr<-, anonymous donor of an un- and without which would not Woat Virginian Asks Questions in have. I regret that they '"-ages? you did not; restricted fund of to seek to j $150,000 Cor have had them, and so we feel 'In 1929," said Mr. Ackerman, do either, acquaint yourself with nell ButT^rotteannot why University, Dec. 9, 1927, was toward you and his other "Mr. If to these facts before associates Eastman gave the City of give a nation like you did* you held your I the late Whv not George Eastman, accord- who have carried on with us. IRome one giv* jt t0 vn,Jr- debate, because million dollars for the rontrv you handicap ling to an where you made same'' yourself, announcement made to establishment of a dental clinic for your children, and your j yU W0U,d n0t day by President I win S% community Livingston Far- Italian children. It was one of *ev- answer.nn.JZr* Win you? by disregarding them rand." Yours About 15 similar gifts to eom- for America first years ago a man European by The was made [erai ?he name ' gift Wal Imunities. The of this (Sijrne turpi of Forsythe in Boston through publication P. S. Loan on ttiia ter L. Todd of church of *s,oon. connived the idea Rochester, at that item in the press of West of Virginia establishing J president of the caused Mr. Kaatman dental infirmary where the jtime Cornellian a debate in the Men's Bible Raptk* children Council. Class of a ri,y rould obtain certain church and the "Mr Eastman- u, A ,. , !hni expert tr'*tm** "aa of I secretary and teacher wrote Mr. to Pliedi thistnismI.Aletter, notfT"^!be- The idea chaVge! man, as follows appealed tn me and I a. Central Librarywm of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection live after him for many yeais. For Albany Evening News i On he was a fine example of the typical American, a man who could axaieve To George Eastman of Rochester the world owes much. He was one Newspapers >^«3&^ eVeatly in industry, but even more of the givera of the world and his le'nses,-'"*Vegan oncography £ a leader in seeking a finer and long and useful life contributed better America. New York Times years later he had Invented a dry- oerity will be secure. much to the sum of human happi­ plate process, journeyed to EnglanThreed The camera, he simplified and lm- As long as the •natio n breed—— s men ness. His 77 years were busy years Lucretius Imagined that all ths ob­ to patent It there .and set up theprove d and made popular, putting It nkeCleveland this, its greatnes Plain-Dealers and kindly years. jects in nature are constantly giving within the reach of all, and he de­ He gave millions of dollars to manufacturing business which was He make the world better. Hardly an att Alms or Images, tn infinite com­ destined to sweep the earth. He was veloped the dry plate. The trans- plexity yet in no contusion, keeping • institution in America has not known a master of mass production before Sarent film made possible the ?>t JK 1," t 'iVf'I his kindness and help. He shared their forms on their way to the ar to Henry Ford had built hisfirst horse­ lastmsn klnetoacope and the im­ waffiwavs''.SnVV^ with his employes. Ha bad a true senses. George Eastman, who died less carriage; he was also a pioneer provement of motion pictures. He swerable logi.« c he"soughin his brie? fh enot founde an-, senswantee d ofit thto e be responalbfflthappy i 8 yesterday, will be remembered pre­ In rounding laboratories of Indus- was always seeking to make better Hinouneins principfg suicidel job. s of life wer.,„,e al,l wealthHe live. dH ea verwantefy nobfi the eBft . a v "My work Is done. Why wait?" generous and public J^M eminently lor giving to mankind a trlsl research. . products and he was always en­ finished. There is an almost unan- have more music and I means of catching these Images in deavoring slso to make humanity Waiting for him meant pain and He was one of the truly great oe When Mr. Eastman first began what is even more irritating to a factors. their flight by a nlm more sensitive giving away money, *&me 30 years better and happier. He gave to lm than the senses themselves. Untold ornament or display." The)" Few men have contributed sr man of his nervous vigor—Inaction. « resultugo, h, eb estil Ilt saidhad, thIse • limitation factory-liks ofe employemuch as hemillion. Hiss Heatin h stockscause,s tiesin- So his always eager curiosity lm- ri >i-in T^n'thi Time* ^^•bs have availed of this scien­ resuu, DO ii saiu, is m «»v<.v» .-...»« mucn us ne. ni» 'irnn The onttragic death of George Eaat- hibuildins ' backgroundg which wit. h Hites simplicity of?avere regreto tman everywherv institutionse . He pelled him to turn the last dull pages KjeneVa Uailtf 1 ITTteS tific magic which bears a name that C •nieirte .as man of Rochester, the famous Ko- linemos,t Io.tesf r mor \t*Athenaeue ornatpleasine mcontemporarie g today thasn ounded the Eastma« n School of of life faster and plunge into the un­ has become familiar as a noun In The. usual criticism or •uicide ,sa Rin camft a tremend0UI, When utttuthe gave ean idt askemilliongav••-mporarlesd es *t o th.e Music and built the. Eastma n Thea- known. every language and has even found anTh unjustifiable usual criticise shortm cuoft out o Mife gh especially to Rochester and Massachusettlings beInstitut built ane"withou do of.Median t0Teeht re?- teBuffalor In Rochester Courier-Express, so that ths people a permanent place as a verb In the .• it was under sucthah tJtric thte ofcomin that g citalmosy coult od n havthee heelbettes orf op th-e hardly applies in his caae. Hl«i work section where he was known so English lexicon* meaning to photo­ anonymity -he was the mM*H self-inflicteportunlty tdo deatenjoyh omusif Ivac r Kreuger, was tione. His was never the nature. Eastman's death will sure- r graph with his "kodak' and figu­ "Mr. Smlthr—that. the presidMt ;©J the suicide of George Eastman natur- to wait. There were no close rela fee t ]Q8g tQ Roch„ter whlch tlves to whom his »udden Passn/„ much of its growth and pros- ratively to "catch or describe quick­ IheiastitUtrsfher the*n revenfelt t compellethe secred t efi let samenes. pels osf causethe. sthough nor thought of aimllt tha-t WPS alJ y cc m mesnt a tearing of the ties ot in . ration to the ly or \ Iv idly." higreas tarden gift t rhemi«try P/oressor • arityhas .referenc thougeh tnoo caust the ean thoughd effectt o.f it in the past g< ne Urnacy. . { business Mr. ISastmaa jfMH-tensive e There is not a corner of ths earth beLateg morr e Mrmone. yEastman' from Mrs . BSSTT*tntere ' Both, however, were men of vast ff th grea In cutting hia own lite orr ax in« a that has not heen brought within developed alone even broader ll» material affairs; both were bache­ n bahot filmsthe las wat son borne mark, ans dprogres the was yo fto ththee His services to his fellow men slimiqn OIW^ JO^soyofytf thpendoue anciens factot Titanr h,e wh hao sals beeo nsuffered In th. ecivflixelive d sdo simplvin th.e TUniteanrt, dwit Statesh , -drillia- neve enjoymenr ceasint g endeavoof photographr to reacyh rewa- sbuil d a monument that overshadows he had helped bv hla film ot light know how much it misses the rtian opened to millions upon millions ot the shock of his passing. The Agfa Ansco Corporation ot education and life of the modern tion snd understanding, gave eo nnement and perfection. Between Binghamton, through Horace W. to give man new speech, creating ••' world. to whom It turned In major ansto thae anhumad nationless.n race he" Albany Knickerbocker wealth to many besides Mr. Eastman the real thing, and the world will j death of George Eastman as fol- Yet thosgenerousle to ywho fomr theiher gavgoode ; sucfosh­ Press himself. The latter's benefactions turn from the sad Incident of Mr. lows: flftterina gcoul musicd no,t brinendowing higm solaclearnings In. are given as $75,itoo.ooO in the current Eastmans death to the glory ot hs Binghamton, N. T.. Mar. 17 supporting ometheascience, ni nsuffering Us researche. s Issue of Who's Who. long useful, generous career, wis William G- Stuber, President Newand Yorkteaching Herald-Tribune, seeking to promot e The story of Eastman snd thegift s were gigantic, his services to Eastman Kodak Company. American industry were magnificent Rochester, N. Y. and Th^Sralt fameh ofan Georged lesse nEastman huma nis Ills, help- Of George Eastman of Rochestar, Kodak la one of the worlds wonder But the most important of n»« dead st the age of 71. it can Ugly tales. Its tragic ending brings only In deference to the memory builg t thInte lowlieso hiat hnmin «thei .itr struggl* of Roche to­ achievements was his work in itae«.f. accomplishments of your founder estewarrd stht erver llgnts .tur makinn lga hithse ow Eastman cityn be said that the world was setter sorrow and regret. Perhaps there Perfecting and simplifying fhpto- and chairman, Mr. Eastman, this, hia schooa centrl oe fo fMusic the ,art st nan thds glorifyin Eastmang becausbue t hwee livedd.> . noHt e measureonuibiiee d waThs ephilosoph nation y wiltnl hlmourna las.t messageIn the. a-raohing he added to the value of company will close Its plant and Tn Theaterhis ow.n countrIn thy si nEastma the eyens oKodaf thk econu-iouuonmuc >trlbutlonh to lifes«, Inoinn t mone only y lastoneaione mone. y maiipu*tldeatt rt0ateven hn thougo^f GeorgGeort-h it wiee nEasEastman nott be, sccsptenot ds oSverTjourney , making fleeting hours offices during the funeral services' of happiness permanent. He enabled Works, of course, to Eastman build­ ILna nothte th richnese trues measurof hies exampleof the man, i.n mucbv hall th: e"M greay wort indusdk usi triast donel leade. Whr ays to be held today. May I ask you to, mothers to keep a record of their accept on behalf of your company ings at both the mens and women's Kthee gavtimee mucanhd energof hiys timhee gavaned .at t-o th wait?e fine" civic servantant and humani- n to helping others. He be- tarlan. children's early lives, at rest and and associates our condolence ir* branches of the university. In theth e...* goo— d ..o.f —.. mankinr.__ d...... We. thi..n„ „, tartan. • • • • -• M in motion. Thanks to him. millions the death of Mr. Eastman? EHirand-Eastman Park. But to the%^^%*:Lhel ivep dwa tns sharinneeded^XgBffi*g. always witSyracuseh others. wo HPost-Standardne wogreaten grear tfam fame e bay s ththes trveotouse tor can looSyracusek back an d Heraldactually see AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION, j •ttd of his days he wss able to walk Arw\Mr .flft kuEastmala ta*.o- minstitution nAtt --n/t-t s. mnssnrkne. w neitheS hire anwhicd hdevelope be pur to fth the e kodakmillion, sth ethe dryy happy dsvs. goneby^ Horace W. Davis. President material things George East- «)Own Main Street In Rochester with­ State boynor, borcotorn .i n HWatervillee helped, Oneidwherea platbroughe ant himd transparen. t film, but heBuffalo In Evening News Note: The Agfa Ansco Corporation County. July 13, ISM. At 14 be had monA v gigantito hisc enterprise Industry, bubeart gifts stest antd man takes historic rank with this out being y "ver George Eastman was one of Ujose is a competitor of the Eastmari to leave school and he became an philanthropies during bis lifetime of country's self-made industrial mag­ bad * !»«' rnaaue. rare men who combined inventive Kodak Company. j errand boy at 13 a week, aiding in more than S7S.OO«).000 are witness or nates—among the men who. with genius with exceptional ability as a Wealth meant little to him He the support of his mother and his humanity, his sympathy and bis little or no resources beyond their business organiser and manager could walk about the vast acres of sisters. At 2* be had saved $5,000. leadership In making this world a Inspired talentst have tieen the Thus he became one of the great bis factory with pride- In each new I Ha had been Interested In amateur r place in which to live pacemakers in rts constructive pro- business men of the country. photographthe story any d hisMr capita. Eastmal enablen d Hla work mav be done,' as the cesses and its onward march. Yet machine and in Its productive rapee- He enriched the age in which h" nlm storto entev oCr businessmoder. nI t earneIs sair d tragic note \*hioh be left declared, his most enduring, and honorable M it he hart no jov in spending lived by the promotion both of teals and his hop memorials are the creations and on himself, and after his mother practical acience and of industrial ItnvssrtintfadietHiwa•hinooo t smstd lavistiultsecona»somethino3h 3ework4e eh bha saved1e SaM.fil4,nosey yead hawhegd lann Mrod143t ann do.son save d.tht hnna ewor«ave MoneB used dthlefquisure"y ktthde *Ve*t .y nexb oe13'schooe nHvwatim4 • t earne e whoo efsveal wa btItmedrt so deservedlysnendowmentmemorbenefid teconomiy ofwil .shi l schb eefello sdvancementestablishecherishe^ w mend dlon .fo gr anHithdse msm Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection:-- COLLEGE PRESIDENTS ECTOR Ot) JSHOrVrWO ~ CONDUCT EASTMAN RITES <4 < ^ *?

DAVID. FERRIS REV NORTON BISHOP DR. RUSH RHEES DR. MURRAY BARrfjSTT o'clock train. Jules Brulator, also of New York City and distributor MQose Only IISTINGUISHED of Eastman motion picture film, wired his intention to attend the Ma^asT oihed funeral. A dispatch from Boston said Dr. VISITORS WILL Carl Compton, president of Mas Contributed tfe/Mooseheart sachusetts Institute of Technology, would come to pay last reapects to And Paid Tenfold Dues the benefactor of his institution. Colonel Solbert said other out-of- - So far as his friflidsv and assoc1 - -3 town honorary bearers who may \0,l*****4t#y ates are aware, Eastman come to Rochester tomorrow are: (fporge brrOUP Of AsSOCiateS Of or r of New belonged to only ofie fraternal ~ Dr. Carl W. Ackerman t, ganization, the Cfyarl Order of Lreorge HiaStman JiiX-York; Theodore Edison of Orange. Jer" Moose. oto'Z pected in Rochester for^^^fLfJ?'8' Mr. Eastman joined/ tne General Assembly of the with head Dr. Richard Burkhart, New York o^der, Funeral TomOrrOW quarters at MoosejieattJ 111., several City dentist, planned to attend the years ago and is said t6? have paid, * A distinguished group of as a voluntary the order, aaso-fv* J. rg?*Burkhart "j'^S'head of thi,? trijgite t^ iatea of George Baitman was ex-Harvey 10 times as muchs" iae dues as any Dental Dispensary who lected to attjve % Rochester ^Rochester other member. He > n the high seas bound fo, ^contributed aorrow for tic iXral services for considerably to '(Jdooseheart, the Borne with Mrs. Burkhart. .e great philanthropist. home where children and widowed Col. Oscar * accompanied Mr, i. Eastman. Doctor Norton, the rector of the church, will of Senator James L. Davis, director- MSaatman on hmrnhis'Afrioan trip-., ficiate, assisted by Bishop Ferris, head of the Episcopal general of the order, yesterday tel 7:15 Jfril arrive fro^jf New? York at diocese of Rochester; President Rhees of the of egraphed his sorrow at the death clock tomorrow morning. Mr. University of Mr. Eastman and instructed Rochester and President Bartlett of Hobart ohnson is an active pall hearer. College. Patrick H. Galvin of Rochester and Also expected4were"*Mr. and Mrs. William M. Smith, supreme council at tarlea Edison.' Mr. Edison is son man, to reperesent the order IVif the late. Thomas Alvah Edison. the funeral today. In a recent life accompanied his distinguished letter to Senator Davis, Mr. East man his [father on hia visit to the Eaatman spoke of pleasure in be tome in 192ft at the first demonstra longing to the Moose, referring to tion of Kodacolor. Mrs. Edison j it as an honor and said the organ ilnce has been Mr. Eastman's house | ization could depend on him when ruest. in need of assistance. Rochester Lodge at it3 Tuesday Daniel P. Pomery, New meeting night York] adopted resolutions of regret and Financier who went to Africa with ^y named a delegation to attend the Mr. Eastman on his first expedi- funeral.

_ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection lege at Geneva and former rector of | Hollrgvood Studios St. Paul's. Then the Rev. Rush Rhees, D. D., LL. D., president of Honfe hjLx. Eastmar? the University of Rochester, read the from St. Paul's of Note lesson, Epistle iajatt 16 (IP) National I^s~^An5DU*5gJlar. Figures to the Romans, the Chap Eighth Hollywood o "(motion picture at the 14th verse: studios witt dasc activities for ter, beginning one minuteAjlol^oJjrow in tribute "As many as are led by the Spirit to the East of God, they are the sons of God." memory, jof, George Gather at Final Service and man, cameravmanOffacturer, who Doctor Norton offered prayer died Monday heater, N. Y. the Rt. Rev. David Lincoln Ferris, $t*^de Dio He was crajdftedi^wlth many D. D., bishop of the Episcopal advances in rae mechanics of cese of Rochester pronounced the motion pictureiTproduction. For World Philanthropist benediction. l>yyisOl 7 /?*>* Ml 1 7 W& Gounod March to be Played Episcopal Service at St. Paul's rdu,Tod- of finance; Edward Bausch, presi Accompanied JVrli S? dent of the Bausch A Lomb Opti by Special Music Loved by Kodak Pound- CLOSE FRIEND, cal Company; Jules Brulator, of ~S^SS^i^%S^i Mr. Eastman. Many times its New York, distributor of Eastman er Dr. Dr. Bishop Ferris, Norton, strains had stirred Mr. Eastman Kodak film; George D. B. Bon- Rhees and Dr. Bartlett Officiate and he often had expressed a Dr. J. TO BEAR BODY bright, Harvey Burkhart,! desire that it be played at his William Bausch, Eugene Chrystal.1 funeral, Mr. Gleason said. George A. Carnahan, George H. I By ROY YERGER Clark; Dr. Carl Compton. of Boa- Thousands East Avenue this afternoon to j' thronged pay TO LAST ton, president of the Massachu- i^t^pe^hape^^where d\!:no?| REST, final homage to George Eastman, the man whose towering ton led committment services. Mr. sett* Institute of Technology; J. will be to Warren Cutler; Charles and Theo- rise has shaped Rochester's destiny. Eastman's ashes takn j *is na"v* ' dor* Edison, sons of the lata | An hour before the funeral services began at 3:30 iUaf* ^V^f: List Includes Nainl woo^*Ma1-'io^B0Fo..ortFranEkaE" 'C,0Ck' the 1'200 8eftts in St' PauI'8 Church Were Occupied. ot who died i/lVt at her *or SOme 300 son's home here, and the grave Gannett. Daniel E. Bvarts. Dri 8av; places reserved for honorary pall-bearerS, | Of Men BainessA. Goidbiatt, jack l. Goiv distinguished guests and city and county officials. of his father, George W. Eastman, Famous in ham. Thomas J. Albert Hargrave. Another 500 persons were accom- at Kodak Park; Martin B. John-I who died shortly after the family A: Dr Howard Hansen, Hopeman Kdated In the adjacent parish son, big game hunter who accom- moved to Rochester in 1861. Dr. Edwin S. Ingersoll. Lewi. B Business hoU9e> where ampHner8 carried the panted Mr. Eastman on both Afri-i The Episcopal burial service em- World Jones. Frank W. Lovejoy. brief ritual. Several thousand can expeditions; Dr. Albert K braces no eulogy. Doctor Norton Sir Edward Levy, treasurer of more congregated in Eaat Avenue Chapman, production manager of told The Times-Union he considers the Free of Men Royal Hospital Lnn.,*** Vick Park B heard the serv- the Kodak Company, and Dr. AlJ absence of fulsome praise espe- closely associated with 1 Frank C. Mattlson. of Lon- iVftI other in view of Mr. East- leorge Eastman ln his business through amplifiers. bert D. Kaiser, Mr. Eastman's cially fitting administrator of Eastman com-j and show. don, At 3:15 it was estimated that on his first African , man's aversion to pomp inc' private life will serve aa active panion trip. company's European affairs: Fran-Soo Mr. Eastman's achievement ind bearers persona lined the curbs of In the church were seated life, honorary at the fun- Dr. C. E. Ken- cis S. Macombcr, j Bast Avenue between St. Paul's of the half-hundred and generosity to mankind are iral at 3:30 o'clock today. many hon-| neth Mess. Mayor Charles 8. Owen, Church and the Eastman residence his eulogy, Doctor Norton said. Active bearers will be Dr. George orary pallbearers, including Edward G Miner. William T. i diagonally The side- A section at the church was I Whipple, dean of the School of opposite. distinguished citizens of Roch-< Daniel E. Ru- vis Noonan. Pomeroy. walks were blackened 2,000 more i reserved for the out-of-town dediclne and of the Unl- by ester and of the nation, who had Baptistry William G. Stuber. afoot and for the officials of Roch of dolph Speth. hastening from downtown, itors, ersity ; Dr. Audley Stuber. Simon N. Stein. coma to pay final homage to the ^Rochester Adolph for all vehicular traffic was divert- ester and Monroe County. The Stewart? petNnnal physician and Albert F. Sul- [D. Erneat R. Wtllard, ed at Union Street. great philanthropist. city was represented by Mayor friend; Chdfcles F Hutchison, gen W. Rolsnd R. **r, George Todd. Broadcaat Reaches Thousands At the organ was Harold Glea- Charles S. Owen, Vice-Mayor R. eral superint*nd*?t of film at Ko S ] Woodward, .lames Watson, WHAM', broadcast aon, who for a dozen Andrew C. dak of the ser years played Hamilton, City Manager Park; XlarjSn^B. Johnson, big P. Warehclm, Julius M. Harry vices reached many more thous the organ In the Eastman resi Arthur Poole; Councilmen Louis1 gam* hunter, w+m accompanied Everett Morse. Wile. ands. With William Fay at the dence every morning for Mr. S. Foulkes, Nelson A. Milne, Ed Mr. Eastman on two African trips; microphone, the broadcast Eastman. The Kilbourn String ward L. Miller, Harold S. W. Mac- Dr. Albert !\ Kaisrr. personal began at 3:30 o'clock. quartet, for years favorite ln the Farlin, Joseph L. Guzzetta, Isaac friend and companion on first Afri The altar of st. Paul's Eastman music room, also Adler and Charles Stanton and can trip, lso several Alaskan was in black with played. Its members are: Gustav Clerk Thomas P. O'Leary. Dr. Albert K draped the American City j trips; Chapman, pro Gerald Samuel ; flag in ita customary at tha Tmlot. Kunz, Berlov Harry J. Bareham, Republican duction manage* of vEastman place ^ Jh* of and Paul Kefer. chairman and county treas- i Kodak Q& right the chancel. Two mag county Company. of I nificent clusters of lilies from Mr. For the music. Mr. Gleason chose urer. headed a delegation county Bearer* officials. Federal officials were Honorary, Eastman's own conservatory, one pieces Mr. Eastman loved move j Honorary bearers are Brig Gen. Theater Plans i ment* frcm the quartets of Haydn present. TriJ^lte in ' Charles O. Dawe*. president of the T- \j\r Curmin "fnrliv the **** flor,u decorations within and Beethoven, the Ave Varum Inspector George Stelnmiller, l mr* at the Recor n Finance Corpora- *-*Simai|M "day the edifice. of Mozart. Dr. Howard Hansen s charge of the police squad Rochester will* funeral ordered East Ave- t former Ambassador to Great I I*fW Tffater rtly after 3 o'clock, th* fun "Vermeland." the Benedictus of services, to Eastman Max nne to traffic at 8:18 o'clock Britain, and former Vtcepresident pay thomag* G*orge eral cortege of Rochester's greatest Riger, and Choral Preludes closed j at o'clock this afternoon bv a Merriman i of th* United States, who la a &JB0 etiiaen left th* home at 900 Eaat from Bach. between Barrington and silence and aolo included 13 elghbofhbor and friend of Mr* George twrKmlnut* organ Avenue, where the body lay In Dr. Norton to Intone Service Streets. His detail of hv *' *t,lt* in * traffic policemen. 3 motorcycle Dryden Evsnston, III, Mr. , fior*ici Ja*Vdwt$ J&J*-rt flower-banked bier this The opening sentences of the tmans niece: Gen John J Kindly; Morning and police, and 10 patrolmen. U Xjahty; ^^T^*0^,! yesterday. Episcopal ntual were intoned V S. was Mn. EaMmant in tlvgVl The route of the cortege after Per*hlng A. who '"pTJfliroir Active Bearer* by the Rev. George Edward Nor at Mr makes his loss a di the services was announced as: guest E**tm*n' home tn InButtry h, the casket was ton, 8, T. D, rector of St. Pauls v>i 1923; Lord Riddeli. of the a*',to the theater world in! o the East Avenue to Goodman president edifice by th* Church and long a personal friend Free Honpitni and of the general.4 #r>r the remainder of Rockingham, to South Avenue, to Royal this) imate friends >f Mr- E*tm* I* *** St. Paul's j and associates to Mt. Blltman Dnt*l Clinic In London; weeNr *msg*r D. J. Nolan has | which Reservoir Avenue, Hope | Mr. Eastman Mr- Eastman's mother. ' Cart W. Ackerman. dean of th* 'to *how some Intimate designated aa|f>f Avenue to Mt. Hope Chapel. arrattftttf tiv* pall bearersDr. Mr* JlllJ',,l Kilbourn Eaatman, was jr George HJ Pultt School of Journalism. at llr. Eastman's llf* photo * vlewjot hippie, dean of the d*vot

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• = 01 «ir. Georgrge Eastman. "He^was music. This was no: t derived from technical knowledge of it, for one of our honorar beloved mem- Mr. Eastman frankly disclaimed this and did not seek to acquire World Ceiiers bers, elected to that position be­ it. But for music, particularly music of color, of dramatic appeal, Services Will Begin I I ATcause of hiFUNERALs remarkable contribution SERVICES TODAY of rhythmical certitude, Mr. Eastman had such genuine love to the art of the cinematagrapher. rtu$ messages that he never tired of hearing it. He began his day listening to *~? With his passing^ the world loses a )•? Mr. East- his house organ, which was a constant delight to him; and many At St. Paul's at _ ^ i memory businesPresidens t geniusthe America, a philanthropistn Society of, a time he. ended his .day by being sole listener to a carefully follow- anCinematographersd a kind-hearted . gentleman. prepared and performed program played by organ, string quartet, Among the nu s, State ENGINEERJOH GRIEVEN ARNOLD D and occasionally piano. 3:30 O'clock of regret at the de Pasadena, Calif. For some months before his death Mr. Eastman had listened man and tributes Eastman William G. Stuber, generally alone to his home musical programs. Without attempt receivethe statde Ilosen this sa nc i of labor ,. Eastman Kodak Company, to memorize titles or to follow closely thematic detail, he showed HUNDREDS CALL inwhosg efro constructivm Francese- _«• toward! Rochester, N. Y. remarkable memory for music that he specially liked. He was accidenIndustriat preventiol Commisn semd ovementi The passing of George Eastman fond of transcriptions of Wagner scores and of those of many ofI nhealt the hpassin andg ocomforf t tandards will be mourned by his host of ad- another composer specially written for organ, strings and piano. TO VIEW BIER through the introduction heartfelt sympathy. physical working conditions' fwer bettere ! mirers and beneficiaries. He has He liked, too, the music of Debussy, although his favorite music done mucJOHh Nto contributHAYS HAMMONDe to the we. l as a whole is part of the classic repertory, with that of Beethoven example to industrialists far an Note: Mr. Hammond is a famous wide. His company has been amon fare of mankind. Please accept my prominent in his choices. s Body Rests in Music the leaders in programs to stabiliz ROYAL SOCIETY MOURNS For years Mr. Eastman showed plainly that music was a employment. He also was amonti , London. major delight and refreshment to him; occasionally he said this, thBeine firsg tunabl of the emysel largfe temployero attends Mr of.! mininL. B.g Jones engineer, Vicepresident. , but always he indicated it by his absorbed listening." In his home Room Surrounded by Eastman Kodak Company, there was performed for him virtually the entire range of Eastman'thMr e wstatllares dtfuneralo introduc, I have ae voluntarydelegated' and - * Marakle, my assistant memberRochesters ,of Nth. eY .Roya l Photographiq systeRochesterm of unemploymen, to representt insurancethe State! chamber music; from it he continually chose music that he de­ SocietPresidenty wis, h councito lexpres officers ssince r Departmenin his compant ofy Laboandr hiass anam mare kha ofs sired to hear again and again. Field of Blossoms sympathy and admiration of Mr The last musical evening at Mr. Eastman's home was that of lenrespect muct ht oprestig Mr. e Eastmato suchn systemsand i.n Eastman's life and character. Sunday. He^ listened alone to his organist and his string quartet. Through the flower laden rooms recognition of his services to the PROBLACKLOCKM AUSTRALI, SecretaryA . cause of industrial progress. Kodak President and corridors of the home of Sydney, Australia. George Eastman at 900 East Ave­ W'AI.TOMANFRANCES EXPRESS PERKINSS REGRE, T Kodak. nue passed yesterday hundreds of OfficersIndustria of thel IzaakCommissioner Walton'. Rochester, New York State. Returns to Cfl The directors and combined staffs friends, employes and admirers of , Australia and New Zealand wish to Mr. Stuber Sees World Rochester's greatest benefactor, in League formulated the following! express their sincere grieROUSEf at .th e M.I.T. Plans to Close silent tribute to his memory and expressioIsaak Walton ofn regretLeagu:e of America, losNotes sustaine: Mr. dRous by e thIse th deate Managinh of sog Loser by Death in mute appreciation of his muni­ weO nexpres behals fou orf profounthe Nationald sorro. wState/E and Directoreat a rma ofn Kodaas oukr Australasialate leader. During Eastman Rites ficence. deep sense of loss at the New York and Rochester organizationsdeat ofh thofe Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 16—UP>— jT ' _ . George Eastman. L. B. Jones Tear-clouded eyes were in evi­ Mr. Eaatman. because of his love The Massachusetts Institute of^ The president of the Eastman dence everywhere, for Mr. East­ Eastman Kodak Company Technology will pay tribute to its Kodak Company came home from for the out-of-doors and his unselfish Rochester, N. Y. man's benefactions, concealed with nature, became one of the first greatest benefactor, "George East- Florida last night to pay final re­ characteristic modesty, and known May I assure you of my very man, camera manufacturer and spects to the memory of George strong supporters of this conserv­ deep sympathy and sincere condo­ in most instances only to the re­ atioestern movementChapter—Th. e HeIzaa wak s Waltoa lifne philanthropist, tomorrow by clos- Eastman, his chief. cipients, reached to individuals in. lences for the Irreparable loss you ing at 1 p. m. for the remainder of William G. Stuber, who succeed- Leagumembeer mournof thse Leaguhim aes aan trud wae friens onde If™-.rAii-V.!. suffere. d bv the death of Mr. all ranks of society, as well ad*"to p Expressions of sympathy have the day. ed Mr. Eastman in the presidency of thconservatioe charter nmember and thoss oef othf eu sRoch- who!, 4r£"t"I«a,«,?,' educational and philanthropic in­ Eastmanbeen receive. d atCOND the E EastmaNAST n Karl T. Compton, president of of the company when the Kodak were privileged to know him person­ Note: Conde Nast is a New York stitutions. ally, keenly regret the passing of a (Kodak Company from Robert F. the institute; Dr. Vannevar Bush, founder retired in 1924 from active A1J Walks of Life Represented 'resident Wagner. United States senator newly appointed vicepresident, and management of the business and good sportsman from New York, and from W. Humble employes of Mr. East­ TON Everett Moras, member of the ex- became chairman of the board of man, who worked a score of year* Warren Barbour, United States ecutlve committee of the corpora- directors, arrived in Rochester with Isaak Walton League of America senator from New Jersey. or more in the upbuilding of an A. A. DAVIS. President tion, will attend the Eastman fun- Mrs. Stuber at 7:30 o'clock last industrial organization that has Oth* expressionNow Yorks Statof e sympathDivisiony. eral in Rochester, N. Y. tomorrow night to attend the funeral serv-, achieved fame in every market in FRANKLI•iv"d yesterdaN H. SMITHy include. Presidend the tfol - aftemg^., - ' | ices at St. Paul's Episcopal Church! the world, passed through the mu­ Rochester Chapter. thla afternoon. sic room, where Mr. Eastman's I HOTiH.KArHFKS BORROW Reached at his apartment In The body rested surrounded by a pro­ , „ , _ Bsltimore. Md. Sagamore soon after his arrival, fusion of floral tributes the like I L. B. Jones. Eastman Kodak Co. Mr. Stuber paid simple but sincere of which has never been seen in Permit me to extend the sympathy tribute to Mr. Eastman. Rochester and presenting incon­ Photographers International "Mr. Eastman's death," he said. ceivable beauty. Association of America to vou and "is a loss not only to this country, All through the afternoon and • •' Hates in the* passing of but to the entire world." evening grieving citizens and J. W. SCOTT. Vicepresident bearenoonMr.. r Stubeat thr ewil servicel be sa nthi honorars aftery friendfront sentranc were admittee of thd ethroug home—h - an thde " m 1 Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic ScrapbooksT~Z Collection AFGA CABLES REGRET Berlin Kodak, Rochester N. Y. Received news of your loss with Mr. Eastman's Favorite Music deep regret. Please accept expres sion of our sincere sympathies with the sudden death of a man whose To Be at His Funeral merits in developing the photog Played raphic industry are only excelled by At the services the worldwide reputation he en funeral for George Eastman this afternoon * / joyed as a benefactor. music will be played that Mr. Eastman particularly loved. It to APGA Co will be played both before and during the service by Harold Note: This concern is a com ffLU IN petitor of the Eastman Kodak Com Gleason, who for more than 10 years was Mr. Eastman's private pany. organist, and by the Kilbourn Quartet, which for almost the same of time has on the which FROM HOLLYWOOD length played programs twice Hollywood, Calif. each week, and sometimes more often, have been performed in Continue to William G. Stuber, President Mr. Eastman's home. Messages Eastman Kodak Company, Roch ATI ester, N. Y. Mr. Gleason spoke feelingly yesterday of his years as organist In behalf of our society, may I and as director of the music in Mr. Eastman's home. He said send to you this expression of our All that no one who knew Mr. Eastman could question his love of Pour in from sorrow upon learning of the death of Mr. George Eastman. He was music. This was not derived from technical knowledge of it, for one of our beloved honorary mem Mr. Eastman frankly disclaimed this and did not seek to acquire bers, elected to that position be it. But for music, music of color, of dramatic Services Will Begin World Ceiiers cause of his remarkable contribution particularly appeal, to the art of the cinematagrapher. of rhythmical certitude, Mr. Eastman had such genuine love With his the world loses a passing^ that he never tired of hearing it. He began his day listening to business genius, a philanthropist, At St. Paul's at Among the nurSlr" messages his house which was a constant to and nunHjnVi^ and a kind-hearted gentleman. organ, delight him; many East of regret at the defth/VP Mr. JOHN ARNOLD, a time he. ended his day by being sole listener to a carefully his President the American of man and tributes 9 memory Society prepared and performed program played by organ, string quartet, Cinematographers. 3:30 O'clock received in this citf e follow and occasionally piano. ing from Frances-* is, State) ENGINEER GRIEVED For some months before his death Mr. Eastman had listened Industrial Commiss Pasadena, Calif. alohe to his home musical Without In the passing of Eastman) William G. Stuber, generally programs. attempt the state loses an e of labor! Eastman Kodak Company, to memorize titles or to follow closely thematic detail, he showed Rochester, N. Y. HUNDREDS CALL whose constructive toward! for music that he liked. He was K Tne of Eastman remarkable memory specially accident prevention arid i ovementi passing George wil1 ^ mourned his host of ad- fond of of scores and of those of of health and comfort tandards by transcriptions Wagner many mirers the introduction f better! and beneficiaries. He has another composer specially written for organ, strings and piano. through done much to contribute to the wel TO VIEW BIER conditions" were a his phvsical working fare of mankind. Please He liked, too, the music of Debussy, although favorite music to industrialists far an accept my example heartfelt as a whole is of the classic with that of Beethoven wide. His has been amon sympathy. part repertory, company JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. the leaders in to stabiliz prominent in his choices. programs Note : Mr. Hammond is a famous employment. He also was among) _,:_.irio.' _;'-_ mmln engineer For Mr. Eastman showed plainly that music was a the first of the large employers of years Rests in Music delight and refreshment to him; occasionally he said this, Body .!i SIate t?.(in,i 7r?nl ROYAL SOCIETY MOURNS major system of unemployment insurance London. but always he indicated it by his absorbed listening.- In his home in his company and his name has| j_, -q Jones Vicepresident there was performed for him virtually the entire range of lent much prestige to such systems. Eastman Kodak Company, Room Surrounded to attend Mr. chamber from it he continually chose music that he de by Being unable myself Rochester NY music; Eastman's funeral I have delegated President, 'council officers and| sired to hear again and again. Mr. Willard Marakle, my assistant members of the Royal Photographic in to the State The last musical evening at Mr. Eastman's home was that of of Rochester, represent Societv wish to express sincere Field Blossoms Department of Labor as a mark of sympathy and admiration of Mr Sunday. He listened alone to his organist and his string quartet. respect to Mr. Eastman and in Eastman's life and character, recopnition of his services to the BLACKLOCK, Secretary the flower laden rooms cause of industrial progress. Through FRANCES PERKINS, FROM AUSTRALIA and corridors of the home of Industrial Commissioner. Sydney, Australia. President Kodak. Kodak George Eastman at 900 East Ave WA I.TOM ANS KXPRESS REGRET Rochester, New York State. The directors and combined staffs nue passed yesterday hundreds of Officersnffi/.r- of~r the?*, IzaakT-rooir Wott^i to Walton- New wish to Returns Australia ftnd Zealand and admirers of _ friends, employes League formulated the following, express their sincere grief at the ? expression of regret: loss sustained by the death of so Rochester's greatest benefactor, in a man as our late leader On hehatf of the National, State, great Mr. Stuber Sees World silent tribute to his memory and and Rochester of organizations thej ,.-* . -r,.. . *u iJroi;fiUw M.I.T. Plans to Close Isaak Walton of America, in mute appreciation of his muni League Directorf- M/J^eof Kodak Australasia.k&eB M,5naRing Death we our sorrow and Loser by express profound ficence. sense of loss at the death of Eastman Rites deep New York During George Eastman. Mass., Mar. 16(IP) Tear-clouded were L. B. Jones Cambridge, ' eyes in evi Mr. because of his love of the Eastman Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company The Massachusetts Institute of1 The president dence for Mr. East for the out-of-doors and his unselfish home from everywhere, Rochester, N. Y. will tribute to its Kodak Company came nature, became one of the first Technology pay man's benefactions, concealed with May I assure you of my very last to pay final re strong of this conserv benefactor, George East Florida night characteristic and supporters deep sympathy and sincere condo greatest modesty, known ation movement. He was a life and to the memory of George lences for the irreparable loss you man, camera manufacturer spects in most instances only to the re member of the and was one League have suffered bv the death of Mr. tomorrow clos Eastman, his chief. of the charter members of the philanthropist, by cipients, reached to individuals in, Roch- Eastman. CONDE NAST who succeed esler m. for the remainder of William G. Stuber, ChapterThe Izaak Walton New York ing at 1 p. all ranks of society, as well ad""to Note: Conde Naat is a in the League mourns him as a true friend the ed Mr. Eastman presidency and m,blisherv day. educational philanthropic in of conservation and those of us who when the Kodak ExpressionsTrvr.ro<.ion orof sympatnysvmnathv havenave Karl T. Compton, president of of the company stitutions. were privileged to know him person- from active at the Eastman Dr. Vannevar Bush, founder retired in 1924 ally, the of a been received the institute; keenly regret passing business and All Walks of Life good sportsman. ! Kodak Company from Robert F. vicepresident, and management of the Represented newly appointed of senator of the ex became chairman of the board Humble of Mr. East Wagner." * United States Everett Morss, member employes rTRoE,SwIsaak Waltonw uBRAtDLEY' of?reAaidentAmerca, with League ~ vnr.\, an* from W*W of the arrived in Rochester man, who worked a score of A. A. DAVIS. President from New York> ecutive committee corpora directors, years and, fJ 7:30 o'clock last New York State Division. Warren Barbour, United States tion, will attend the Eastman fun !Mrs. Stuber at or more in the upbuilding of an the funeral serv- FRANKLIN H. SMITH. President senator from New Jersey. eral in Rochester, N. T. tomorrow night to attend industrial organization that has Rochester " Church Chapter. afternoon. 1 ices at St. Paul's Episcopal achieved fame in every market in the Other of this afternoon. world, passed through the mu impressions sympathy The at his ln sic room, where Mr. Eastman's 'lay Included the fol Reached apartment his arrival, Sagamore soon after body rested surrounded by a pro lowing: sincere Mr. Stuber simple but fusion of floral tributes the like PHOTOGRAPHERS SOKKOW paid Eastman. has never Baltimore. Md. I tribute to Mr. of which been seen In said. Ion**. Eastman Kodak Co. "Mr. Eastman's death," he Rochester and presenting incon Permit m to extend the this sympathy "is a loss not only to country, ceivable beauty. ot the International Photographers entire world." n of America to vou and but to the All through the afternoon and ates in the' passing of Mr. Stuber will be an honorary evening grieving citizens and vour chief. after- bearer at the services this friends were admitted the J. W. SCOTT. Vieepreaident through front entrance of the home and Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection passed out the side entrance. Ad Rev. George E. Norton, S. T. D mittance was not denied to any rector of the church, and a close wished to final IN person vwho pay friend of Mr. Eastman, that there LINGERS DEATT tribute to Mr. and from Eastman; would be no eulogy. Mr. Eastman 0:30 to 12:30 o'clock another today was averse to pomp and show and opportunity will be the his given life, achievement and gener- Simple Casket Surrounded thousands of sorrowing admirers of osity to mankind is his eulogy.

tho to hia _ philanthropist pass by Q By Flowers, Trophies Mag bier. services to Be Broadcast Groups of Mr. Eastmans per- nate Loved aonal friends and business assocl- Amplifiers will be erected in the anterooms of the church and there ates, including Charles F. Hutch- George Eastman's body lay in Kodak W. wlu be loud speakers outside, so ison. executive; Frank state at his East Avenue home un that ** services be heard Lovejoy. vicepresident and general may by til tke funeral this afternoon. thousands who cannot be accom- manager of the Eaatman Kodak Here veteran employes, the old- maated In the church. The Company; Frank E. Gannett, pub- aerv- timers of the Eastman industry, by Station Usher of The Gannett Newspapers. paid their respects to his memory. "?'" bft, br(dcast* and others, assisted in receiving H*M: n* a! clck- Several hundred of them viewed ""*" be*lnnf lliam those who their respects to F** the remains afternoon paid r*22?M{ t yesterday Mr. Eastman. and this morning. * ^rr.^carried nSon a- nationali.r , kV ?** if Mr.tut- Eastmantrnfm restedM=,i Ini hhibe-hi. k- hookup,' arranj?emcnts cnn bc d w By J. CODY WALLER McCanne, and gen fieldl^1?^?*^-!***of the blooms he cherished ao president eral manager of the Stromberg- The majesty that waa George enthusiastically during his life. Carlson ManuXacturine Eastman's in industry and At the head of the casket, indi Telephone phil Is co-oper cating the place in which Mr. East Company, personally anthropy Is his even in death. ating in the arrangements to man always held his fellow as A aimple form in a simple casket carry the service to the entire sociates in the Kodak organiza of surrounded flow community, mourning the passing mahogany, by tion, was placed a vase of roses of its leading citizen. ers and palms that he loved. Con sent by the Kodak Old Timers, a Scores of Mr. Eastman's friends cealed the a All group of Eastman employes, with by palms, piano. and leaders In puhlic life are ex 30 or more years of service. in the splendor of the conservatory in Rochester for the fu- A basket of roses ft\s, feet high. pected of hia East Avenue home. nernl. The list of honorary bear I waa received from BIN Robinson, Dignity, detail with precision, as ers includes Gen. John J. Pershing I colored vaudeville performer ap only he could have wished it. Yet and Gen. Charles G. Dawes. Col, pearing at the R. K. O. Palace with It all, magnificence, even to Oscar N. Solbert of the Eastman I Theater. On the card were the the majestic elephant's head, the Kodak Company will be at the M words "Gone but not forgotten. trophy of the hunter of African New York Central Station from In sincere appreciation for what he 7j wilds whose body rests below. t to 11 o'clock this morning. A1 has done for the colored race." NOT A WHISPER P| desk will be provided in the tun Floral Tributes Fill Rooms nel of the station. Four employes Men pass in single file and In two's. circle and out. The simple casket, in keeping of the Eastman Kodak Company They pass There la a hush; not a with Mr. Eastman's taste, waa will assist him in receiving and whisper. The flowers and alone seem banked on three sides with floral providing for the visitors to the palms of sunshine. Such flow offerings of esteem, affection and city. to speak appreciation from the University The Rev. Doctor Norton will be ers! Roses, violets, tulips, daffo of Rochester, the Massachusetts assisted by the Rt. Rev. David L. dils, carnationswalls of them. Institute of Technology, the Roch- Ferris, bishop of the Episcopal The catafalque, the elephants I attar Dental Dispensary, and Dr. Diocese of Rochester; Doctor Rush heads and the flowers! M Harvey J. Burkhart, Its dfi Rhees, president of the University These are old men, young men personally. Among the tributes of Rochester, and the Rev. Murray getting old, now and then a wo I that not only tilled the large music Bartlett, D. D., president of Hobart man, who pass. They are the em or of | room, hut filled other room College, former rector of St. Paul's ployes of thirty mono years 1 eluding the spacious corridors, Church. The body will be taken service for George Eastman in his I ware those from the Ktlbnui n to Mount Hope Chapel to await kodak and film industry. 1 Quartet, the Kodak organizations cremation, and at the chapel Doc They began when "you press the and we do tbe rest" marked In various parts of the world, tor Norton will conduct a commit button leaders tn the of kodaks before I Kodak directors, finance', tal service beginning Rochester Journal Photo I business and industry, and In edu- Disposition of the ashes has not there waa an Eastman tower in HARRY M. FENN FRANK M. CROUCH I cation, science and every line of determined, said Otis .t. Rochester, or an occasion to think for home or abroad. are shown hitman endeavor. A constant N,K|e, vicepresident of Ingmlre A of dispensaries These two veterans of the Kodak industry of additional trlbutea from The line moves out. One man stream Tnomn funeral directors in going to the George Eastman mansion in East Avenue to alt parts of the world poured Into stops. He has a story to tell. The cnarg- look their last on the features of their chief. the house. man la Frank M. Crouch, cashier They began A taction at the church will be or the Eastman Company. Its first work for him when the industry was young. At the direction of Mayor rtMrve and for lht omcla,,, of Rocn. "We always talked up each OF 44 YEARS all the and who to the end. ^c-fRAN to duty ln the payrolls Other. When he went to sisn the . asalgned Bastman( Mter mnd Monroe The .hp" Eastman County. city addressed the Eastman as Crouch is one home and a detail of uniformed great codicil to the will he asked me VPtpran,. wU, ^ - < represented by Mayor tad in return * men were on hand to assist in "tioorga." got for fountain I , " my pen. gave vwifn thJ Chmrl 0vven v.ce-Mayor R. "^panyrortytonr years handling matters outside. Elab "Frank to him. He said: Andrew Hamilton. City Manager C. " orate police arrangements are, CROUCH OESCRIBES "TILT" Frank, tin. Isn't as good * work for him ! Councilmen Louts ""J. nn , wpnt to Arthur Poole; said I know "{,; made for handling the hundreds Frunk Al. (ion. Ii was one of the mine i (.eorge it nnd 1 wl S. Foulkea. Nelson A. Milne, Ed nP w tn|r,v.foIir who art to ha It .i brand new. I to , >ple expected visit; ^.mesfrfS to the iiiugtutte's xlgua- ought , na0; a Krav ward I* Miller. Harold 3. W. Mac- tbe house between 9:30 and 12:30 (0 the codicil which lie at know it I. hatter because I buy keep long Farlln. Joseph I. Gunetta. Isaac He ume ^^^*" ^didn't today, and. though the t ached to his will on Monday. It ail of your peus. right *""., ^hk *d!er n* Stanton and Is vhar! 0Iof the main "" Thomas J or from Harry J. Barehsm. Republican aald: "You see he was up to a trick. lore admirer, friend employe ( j "* ,nPe and treas- full well when I visiting the bter. they have left county chairmsn county "Just before I turned to leave. knowing that ~n we. ( ^M*?**"**".^?thirty y*ar o will head a back to the office and folks than tt to the police to determine bowl urfr, delegation he s*id, 'Frank, when are the got ffc > A ^oup of tra officials. Federal offtcia* Fords r nut?" I asked me how he was. I'd tell ; lbs matter should be han ity dpi ing of them nave the tilt we had over the and most at St. Paul's he how fhouM I know him of Services *3pl present. rfO, their show he was In fine upon . Church wtll embrace only thSR afer having a shaky ride out pens, to spir- heaa^ veteran aan funeral ritual, and *. j here (n a tug, limousine.' MlftS^iB^BMJ-'u "panted Tr**-*?'.- (a) erans. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection "That's Henry Jones, a sta tionary engineer, who once was fired by efficiency men and hired again just as soon the chief got home to hear about it." All the while flowers are coming Made Last MR 1 t to replace flowers which have al arJ ^AsRochesterians Farewell mz ready had a place in the magnifi Uh f'ii cent display. There is a wreath of roses from Bishop John F. O'Hern "To Roch ester's foremost citizen. My good friend and neighbor." There are roses from Kodak em ployes, Kodak office employes, Ko dak divisions, Kodak departments. There are roses from the Kodak plants of Canada and Germany; from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Men's and Women's Colleges of the Universi ty of Rochester, the Rochester Dental Dispensary. There are roses and daffodils 'from the Bausch & Lomb Optical | I Co. A white ribbon in golden letters J tells of the floral remembrance of ithe Kilbourn quartet. But in almost jmillions of flowers and hundreds of varieties who can distinguish tail the cards of the thoughtful? j As the employes, friends and neighbors move within and to the outside, sentinels of the police are at attention one at least every forty feet of the way from the street proper to the entrance, and then every ten feet just outside the pillars of the conservatory. Even they reflect the majesty of the picture.

cmcsERvp FOR EASTMAN

-ru.TOP Civic memorial services for George Eastman next Wejftesday night in the Eastman Theafir were announced formally Dr. visited the bier of baday^>y Here is part of the long line of mourners that Rush Rhees, presidentnof t*e Uni Eastman when it rested at his East Avenue mansion, prior versity of Rochester. 0 George J to removal to St. Paul's Episcopal Church for funeral services this. "It has been deemedSiesiible to afternoon. arrange a civic memjmal to do honor to Mr. EastmMhQ ..name," ild Dr. Rhees. JT5 "The program will conslit^jf two or three short addres^-s^pf grati tude and appreciation aild [orches tral and vocal musif* especially chosen to express the comrs^mity's regard for her great citizen^ ' "The service will be open* to all] who may wish to pay respects to Rochester's first son." Flags on buildings of the Unl versity of Rochester will remain half mast until after the memori service, it was announced. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection

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-ru Here to Pay Final Tributl to First Citizen

Martin B. Johnson Mrs. Johnson Hope Ilnmpton

In Rochester to attend the funeral today services of active pallbearer, and Mrs. Johnson, both big game Eastman George were many notables of American life hunters who accompanied Mr. Eastman on his African who to desired pay last ; respects to the great philan expeditions; Hope Hampton and her husband, Jules N. thropist. These pictured were taken at the New York Brulatour of New York City, distributor of Eastman Central Station as soma of the early visitors arrived. moving picture lm; Prof. Carl Ackerman, dean of the From left to right are] Martin B. Johnson, who is an Pulitxer School of Journalism in Columbia University Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection BelU^__C_occ

Knell for Eastman

WAn^-T-1932^ City '.Rochester1-""Rnchi long-silent 77 times Hall bell will be tolled afternoon, beginning at 3:30 this in final tribute to George East-.,

the The hour coincides wit^ft i 'Mid beginning of the funeral ffrvice KodakKing Sleeps t St. Paul's jin Episcopal

fajo $fan fteca%, Selling T)riginatXcns rgor EaJIWaA E^ra

More than 50 yeass> ago Peter J. Dukelow, then an employe of Bausch & Lomb Optical Com pany, sold George Eastman the lens which has been used to photograph practically $11 Amer- ica* 3" _ Mr. Dukelow, noFp 77 wears old and living at 12*4 _K$nsington Avenue, Buffalo, ana ssill mak ing lenses, recalls fpeQt&e when Mr. Eaatman wasgp&nBing his camera. He says he b>ag- talking r+ to fellow workers regarding where Mr. EastmA $vmild get the desired lens for" bis Few con traption, when in"*iwal5ted Mr. Eastman himself and ^ked to see lenses. a Mr. Dukelow said he Sbid Mr. Eastman the single achromatic lens with fixed focus. One of hia prise possessions Is a Kodak, one of the first that took pictures tM by six Inches, jrlven him by the sale* department of the Eastman company about 20 years ago. Mr. Dukelow's comment today on Mr. Eastman's death was: "He waa a fine gentleman."

** Kfcvl^- y*och*,tar Journal Photo The bier of George Eastman, as the dead philanthropist minated among the tributes that came from all corners lay in state at his East Avenue mansion today prior to the of the world. Many a distinguished name was on the cards funeral service, was literally buried in flowers. Roses pre- I attached to the flowers. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection his trips abroad, marked the b ginning of the almost unending Urn human line thst filed Its Rich way Bronze Bower through the front the Conservatory hallway, past, *ac;fi_nf^ casket and out into the yard again, the procession ending only with Contains arrival of the hour set for the Jj^esgains j Of Roses as Friends funeral And while uniformed police stood guard in front of the house other Of Philanlm-'oftist Farewell members of the department, in Bid Eastman plain clothes, stood In the ^* inside,

_____ iwrr^t-^t^o 1 7 Interment Will Be Beside Graves of Mother ijff E. WELCHIUR-OLJM2 222? ZJn^LuZ9rVA^ %/ChAiaES victor sharpe, wcodhead, George: and Father Week May Elapse Before A great stone house standing back from the road, its O'Hara and Earl R. I^ambiase and Special Officers Frank of Benefactor Are spacious lawns, so green in the summertime, concealed be Koepplen, Ashes City's Elmer Sherwood, Robert Strong neath an unruffled blanket of snow as white as the lilies and William Hussey. And during Taken on Last Journey in the hallway, beside the big stairway ; blue-coated officials the morning hours messenger boys back and forth the circular visited the house to deliver cable- 1 pacing along broad, driveway; Ashes of George Eastman rested today in a miniature automobiles with softly-purring motors pausing before the grams and telegrams. to add to the many messages of regret and con casket of bronze, awaiting final interment in his native entrance now of deeply shaded with the darkness death. dolence received from all parts of Waterville beside the graves of his mother and father. And within the great stnno house izen lay clothed in a black business the country and the civilized world. stillness. A stillness not unlike with a white-dotted cars was to make the suit, black, Trlhut^ Paid A cavalcade of motor expected that so noticeable before dr?th en four-in-hand tie and the edge of a f to the County village, 12 miles south of tered its portals, Rnd yet a deeper white handkerchief showing from Men of power and Influence In journey Qneida j the the business and financial world would stillness, broken only by the upper pocket of the coat, in Utica, on Highway 12. It was believed the party j and in and men and whispers of those inside and lh? a plush-llned mahogany casket, government B. Mr. Eastman's I women of in social include Mr. and Mrs. George Dryden, soft tread of men and women who against a floral wall built against prominence .the an life of Rochester and of the nation friends moved in almost unending line the organ and piano. closest surviving relatives, and several intimate | mingled their tributes to the through the great hallway and the On the four sides of this great associates of the late founder of e with and philanthropist. big square room which, during the room, beneath the casket and be great industry <^s_*-~ the humblest of workers who had When the ashes will be carriedT ers. Sole floral decorations in the j life of the owner, was known as hind and in the hallways were the q. aided him in the successful build to Waterville H Hnot 6een"~de- nave were two magnificent clusters v" the conservatory and which, ln floral tributes of friends and as j \J of lilies on the black-clothed altar r a bower ing up of that industry. termlRSfl, to Otis TTNa- death, became of roses- sociates and the air was according heavy Mr. Eastman's own of to The tribute which George East of Ihgmire * lilies from \> tributes the living the dead with that peculiar perfume, the gle,~Vlcep~resTdent 'a. and silent of man, in his modesty, would have, Thompson Inc., funeral directors, conservatory. long procession perfume which seems to tell mutely *t ln all likelihood, disapproved of in He was inclined to think a week Thousands Heard Rites men and women past the bier of of the of death. presence was to life, paid him in death t man welt known well known in by might elapse. gt paul's parish house, equipped Guard Entrances people of all classes, those he rural life and as well in death.-- by In the quiet cemetery at, witn amplifiers, accommodated an- 6 At the two main entrances U^.* to had befriended in his long life, by a of some 1,300 Banked Flowers Waterville, village other 600 persons.. Uncounted fTf By this house of stone, with its those he had counsel great helped by Inhabitants are interred Mr. East- thousands heard the ceremony in 's o Such was the scene .^**-1 today, during many empty rooms and which now and advice along ths pathway to man's Mrs. Maria 2>J~f~s. mother, Kil-i their own homes through the broad- ^ \ the moning hours, in the great Is of Its master, stood the financial success those | deprived and by he bourn Eastman, who died at her cast of Station WHAM stone house a*. 900 Ea. "*gr ^j he had desired *ix active bearers, Mr. Eastman in business and room which In death became a con Throngs estimated as totaling to carried the casket servatory ln realty where George 10.000 jammed East Avenue at Viek Personal life, the hearse. Eastman was wont to entertain his Park B yesterday afternoon to back to guests, where he enjoyed a friend- hear the Impressive funeral serv- Service, at Crematory a St. T chat over a cup of tea and ices carried by amplifiers from Preceded by a police escort, the l

Burgoni ciesret underneath the great whi< Paul's Episcopal Church. It was COrtege moved to Mount Hope ' isks and the huge mounted head Sym] a milling crowd hut a solemn one. cnapel. where the Rev. George of __; of one of his African trophies! *8rtiv>ls, Brlarlum Burgo*| stirred by the somber beauty Edward Norton. S. T. D.. rector of| of before the organ which had pealed master Mux today sent a message j the brief ritual and cognisant St. Paul's, conducted a brief com forty* soft muic during the break npathy to the relatives of : a sense of loss with the passing mitment service before the body ers and at other times when George Eastman, at the same time: of the city's greatest son. was consigned to the crematory. were seated re ! sought th* solace of the com- 1 expressing the gratitude of the city Inside the edifice University of Rochester flags he/ some 50 M nrteition of the masters, when he for the philanthropist's gift of 1,200 persons, including mained at half-mast today aa con a dental and nation's notables of the (&/ Jwtened to the musio he loved so H.nnnnon fftr children's of the city tinuing evidence city's grief " honorary oall-bear- man who built BwsHthe hodv of this foremost elf-. clinic to he hullt here. ! deaianaiad J'nimself a worldwide monument Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection philanthropy and industrial enter prise and then, Monday noon, took his own life with the explanation, j"My work is done. Why wait?" J The university flags will be kept fat mourning until after the public 3 memorial services planned Wednes- | day evening at the Eastman Theater.

As Rochester Paid Last TributeSw First Citizen

These pictures were taken as Rochester paid final tribute to her" first citizen, George Eastman, yesterday afternoon. At the left hearers are seen carrying the casket with its pall of roses from the Eastman mansion m East Avenue. Bearers were, left to right. Dr. production manager of the Kodak a,u ch*Pjnan, company; Dr. Albert D. Kaiser, friend and physician; Martin Johnson, big game hunter and companion ot Mr. Eastman on his African hunts; Charles K. Hutchison, superintendent of Kodak film production; Dr. Audley D. Stewart, Mr. Eastman's personal physician; and Dr. jV/e..H.oyt Wb'PPl*. dean of the University o/ Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Photo at tbe right shows a of the portion huge crowd which gathered outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church m bast Avenue during the funeral services, but which could not ssion to the church. Amplifiers over the door of the church carried tbe service to them. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Scrapbooks Collection