The history of Kodak: Pioneer of film and digital photography
The first Kodak cameras
Accompanying the new trademark, Eastman released The Kodak Camera in 1888. The camera came pre-loaded with a roll of paper film that could take 100 photos, and you had to send the camera back to Eastman to get it developed and re-loaded with more film. This camera effectively created the concept of amateur photography.
Then, in 1900, Eastman released the Brownie, an incredibly cheap, cardboard-box camera that was cheap enough to buy ($1) and operate that it instantly became a mass market success; the first camera to do so. In essence, the Brownie was so cheap and easy to use that it invented the concept of a snapshot.