I pounded out 9 issues of The Kodak Magazine this week. This is the early magazine for US Kodak employees.
Vol. 8, no. 9 (Feb. 1928).
Vol. 8, no. 10 (March 1928).
Vol. 8, no. 11 (April 1928).
Vol. 8, no. 12 (May 1928).
Vol. 9, no. 1 (June 1928).
Vol. 9, no. 2 (July 1928).
Vol. 9, no. 3 (Aug. 1928).
Vol. 9, no. 4 (Sept. 1928).
Vol. 9, no. 5 (Oct. 1928).

They all include part of a long article on how economics works; or at least how it worked in the 1920s. All of that was upended in Oct. 1929 when the stock market crashed creating the great depression.

In the February issue there is a one page article about how to avoid getting a cold. None of that advice is true. Besides the regular sports pictures there is a picture of a checkers club.

That March issue has an article about picking the right lighting for your home to reduce eye strain. There is picture from a Kodak Office girl’s party where they are all dressed as valentines. Beginning in this issue in the Kodak Office section there is a list of of new employees and their departments.

There is an article and some pictures on Allegany State Park in the April issue. It also has the picture on the right from a girls’ party for the Camera Works. These were contest winners and I wondered about the lady on the right rear. I thought it was a ghost until I zoomed in on the sign she has. It says: “Bag your Dollars in Eastman Savings and Loan.”

The May issue has an article from ES&L about home ownership to a woman. An article on the safety school in Kodak Park includes a picture of an empty room except for some chairs. Another picture of a girls’ part; this time for Kodak Park employees.

Then the June issue has an article and picture of the research lab doing an x-ray of a tree. On page 29 is a picture of Mrs. Theresa Ban, the mother of Sam Ban. She had recently come to Rochester from Hungary. I did a quick check on the internet and didn’t find Sam or his mother.

The cover of the July issue is water stained. Looks like someone set a cup on it a few times.There is also an article and pictures of an archery club.

The cover of the August issue has had someone add captions. I might have been able to erase them but I decided to keep them. There are pictures of the Kodak store in Atlantic City and also some pictures of the crowd in Atlantic City. Page 6 has a picture of “Alfred” who has on a Kodak uniform but is described as a porter on the boardwalk. Then pictures and an article about the Camera Works picnic at Seneca Park.

The September issue covers a big story from July 1928. There were many dignitaries at Mr. Eastman’s home to introduce Kodacolor movie film. There had been other color films before this but they weren’t full spectrum color like Kodacolor. The most published pictures from this event were ones of Mr. Eastman and Thomas Edison like this one that I have in my pictures section.

Lastly, the October issue has a long article about the Tennessee Eastman plant. At that time it made wood alcohol and acetone that were used in making film. That division was spun off Eastman Kodak in 1994 as Eastman Chemical Company. Whereas EK went broke in 2013, Eastman Chemical is doing just fine.

I still have about 16 to 18 more issues of The Kodak Magazine to be scanned next year.