The Mass Production of Memory: Travel and Personal Archiving in the Age of the Kodak

by Tammy Gordon and Tammy S. Gordon

Book Overview

In 1888, the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company offered the first portable camera that allowed users to conveniently take photos, using leisure travel as a primary marketing feature to promote it. The combination of portability, ease of use, and mass advertising fed into a national trend of popular photography that drew on Americans' increasing mobility and leisure time. The Kodak Company and the first generation of tourist photographers established...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625345321
• ISBN13: 9781625345325
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher