A Look Back at Kodak

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Convention attendees visit the Kodak booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada. On January 19, 2012, Eastman Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following years of falling sales, despite their well-known brand name in the photography industry.

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Kodak employee Dan Vandelinder operates a machine in May, 2011, that packages medium format film in Rochester, N.Y. Eastman Kodak said its second-quarter loss widened to $179 million, its fourth quarterly loss in the last year, on weaker digital camera and film sales.

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Attendees look at the Kodak V570 digital camera featuring dual lenses on the opening day of the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Old Kodachrome slides on display in 2008. The Eastman Kodak Co. retired its most senior film after 74 years in the company's portfolio because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age. The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century.

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The Kodak Easy Share One wi-fi capable digital camera is displayed at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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The EasyShare Sport camera. To fight dwindling camera sales, manufacturers slashed prices for point-and-shoots and offered more features for the money.

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Kodak film is displayed in October, 2004, after the announcement that the company was to cut 600 jobs from the UK and close the Nottinghamshire factory. Kodak has been hit hard in the market of traditional camera film for the transition to the digital format.

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South Korean models show a 4-megapixel Kodak digital camera during a street promotion in downtown Seoul, in March, 2004.

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In Sept., 2008, a roll of Kodachrome is loaded into a film camera. The Eastman Kodak Co. is retiring its most senior film after 74 years in the company's portfolio because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age.

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Kodak announced it would close its plant in Melbourne Australia in September, 2004. The production of paper, film and processing chemicals ended.

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Workers pack film in the Eastman Kodak plant in Chalons sur Saone, France, in November, 1997.

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A sales clerk stacks Kodak film in a camera shop in Tokyo in July, 1995. Eastman Kodak Company welcomed the U.S. Trade Representative's decision to investigate charges that Japanese rival Fuji Photo Company was unfairly limiting access to the Japanese market.

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Kodak medium format film is loaded into a hopper for packaging in Rochester, N.Y.

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