Last week I scanned 24 more issues of Kodak Highlights, a magazine published for the stockholders of Eastman Kodak. It was originally just called Highlights when it started in 1948. The name changed to Kodak Highlights in 1969. Both the Rochester Public Library and the Rare Books Department of the University of Rochester seem to have most of the issues for the whole run of the magazine. I know most people won’t be interested in this but it is a publication that needed to be scanned because of the mentions of new Kodak products in some issues. Here are the newly scanned issues:
- Vol. 29, No. 4, Nov. 1976
- Vol. 30, No. 1, Feb. 1977; Walter Fallon become Board Chairman and Colby Chandler is the new President Mentions that Kodak and Xerox are sharing patents on copiers.
- Vol. 31, No. 1, Feb. 1978; 9 new cameras released. Some are use size 100 film and some are new Instant Camera models. 1977 KINSA award winning photos.
- Vol. 31, No. 2, May 1978
- Vol. 31, No. 3, Aug. 1978; new New Jersey distribution center (It closed in the mid 1990s.)
- Vol. 31, No. 4, Nov. 1978; New blood analyzer and Microfilm terminal with computer intelligence.
- Vol. 32, No. 1, Feb. 1979; budgeting $609 million for capital additions.; TV and movie producers ordering lots of film.
- Vol. 32, No. 2, May 1979; annual shareholders meeting.
- Vol. 33, No. 1, Feb. 1980; price of silver rising fast; 1979 KINSA award winning photos.
- Vol. 33, No. 2, First Quarter 1980; annual shareholders meeting.
- Vol. 33, No. 3, Second Quarter 1980; Kodak in Europe; more 110 cameras now have a flash.
- Vol. 33, No. 4, Third Quarter 1980; motion picture business buying more film; Kodak releases a centennial record album.
- Vol. 34, No. 1, Feb. 1981; another model of instant camera and a new 110 camera.
- Vol. 34, No. 2, May 1981; 1981 Shareholder meeting.
- Vol. 34, No. 3, Second Quarter 1981; a new slide projector for professionals; Kodak copiers will be available in Europe
- Vol. 34, No. 4, Nov. 1981; Kodak’s future in electronics.
- Vol. 35, No. 1, Feb. 1982; Kodak introduces the disc camera; ; KINSA award winning photos.
- Vol. 35, No. 4, Nov. 1982; Kodak sponsors “Journey Into Imagination” at EPCOT.
- Vol. 36, No. 1, Feb. 1983; improved Kodacolor 35mm film; KINSA award winning photos.
- Vol. 36, No. 2, May 1983; 1982 annual shareholders meeting; Chandler become CEO and Kay Whitmore is the new President.
- Vol. 36, No. 3, Aug. 1983; Kodak disc camera being used in a weather balloon.
- Vol. 36, No. 4, Nov. 1983; breakthrough for graphic arts industry.
- Vol. 37, No. 1, Feb. 1984; Kodak begins selling a video camera that used a 8mm tape. It was either the first or one of the first products that Kodak had made in Japan; 1983 KINSA award winning photos.
- Vol. 37, No. 2, May 1984
Those cameras that used size 110 film produced photos that were a little grainy. Then Kodak introduced their disc cameras that had negatives that were even smaller. Those photos were really grainy. Three or four years later they released some better film but those were still a little grainy.
Polaroid would file for patent infringement against Kodak’s instant cameras. The case would go on for years and finally Kodak would have to pay Polaroid. Worse, was that Kodak had to buy back all their Instant Cameras. Not everyone sent their cameras back so some still show up at flea markets and antique shops. Polaroid would file for bankruptcy in 2001.
Lastly, this is all of these that I have so you won’t be seeing anymore of them.