Maria Eastman

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1888

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Maria Eastman, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. George Eastman registers the Kodak trademark and roll-film camera patent

   1888

   Role: Eastman's mother, who co-devised the Kodak name using an Anagrams set (not a participant in the formal registration or patent)

   1. 11888 · Location of trademark registration not specified in supplied passagesTrademark Registration

      Eastman trademarked the name Kodak in 1888, a word he and his mother Maria devised, favored for its strong, incisive letter 'k'.

   2. 2September 1888 · Rochester, New YorkCamera Patent Issuance

      U.S. patent 388,850 for the roll-film camera was filed in March 1888 and issued in September 1888.

Sources

1. Kodak Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29