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Bibliography. External links. Henry A. Strong. Henry Alvah Strong (August 30, 1838 – July 26, 1919) was an American photography businessman. He was the first president of the Eastman Kodak Company. [1] [2] [3] Early life and family. Bas-relief in Strong Auditorium on the University of Rochester River Campus.
Strong's younger brother, Henry A. Strong, was a successful businessman and philanthropist who served as Eastman Kodak's first president. [citation needed] His youngest uncle became a Forty-niners in the California Gold Rush, after losing both his wife and infant son.
HENRY A. STRONG DIES AT 81; Capitalist and President of the Eastman Kodak Company. Share full article. July 27, 1919. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context ...
Success of the dry plate venture so impressed businessman Henry A. Strong, that he invested some money in the infant concern. On January 1, 1881, Eastman and Strong formed a partnership called the Eastman Dry Plate Company. Late that year, Eastman resigned from his position at the Rochester Savings Bank to devote all his time to the new company ...
In 1880, George Eastman, a young hobbyist photographer and school dropout, became one of the first to successfully manufacture dry plates commercially in the United States. One year later Eastman and Henry Strong formed a partnership called the Eastman Dry Plate Company.
Henry Alvah Strong was a U.S. photography businessman. He was the first president of the Eastman Kodak Company between 1884 and 1919. He was born on August 30, 1838 in Rochester, New York. He graduated from Wyoming Academy in 1858. On August 30, 1859, he married Helen Phoebe Griffin.
With the proceeds from licensing this patent, together with an investment from local buggy-whip manufacturer Henry A. Strong, Eastman founded the Eastman Dry Plate Company (later known as Eastman Kodak Company) on Jan. 1, 1881, in Rochester, New York.
