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Eastman Kodak Company is the shadow of a great man. George Eastman was more than an innovative industrialist. He was a doer of good things for Rochester and many of us. During the great Depression and World War II, the “Emerson Street gang” and “the Locust Street gang” played ball on a field of cinders in nearby Edgerton Park. In the long hot summers, the two “gangs” joined forces and went to Edgerton Park and other parks to play softball with the Kodak Park Athletic League (the KPAA). Kodak gave us yellow T-shirts (remember the gold film boxes) with tribal names such as the Onondagas and the Iroquois printed on them.
Many immigrant uncles, grand-uncles and friends were proud of their Kodak job, considered a vocation, and a respected lifetime career. They fed their families and loved America. Their children fought and died for our country in every war from World War I to this day. Many not employed at Kodak continue to make their living in occupations serving those who work there.
George Eastman helped transform the University of Rochester into a world-class university. He founded or helped found RIT, Strong Memorial Hospital, the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; built the Eastman Theater; founded the Eastman Dental Clinic. His philanthropies were country- and world-wide.
The Christmas gift from one of our sons and his family to us and his five siblings was a large album of Kodak black-and-white and color pictures spanning more than 70 years of our family history. The Kodak paper, the coloring and quality transform the black and white and colored pictures into a work of art. The Kodak album is priceless. Kodak quality is on every page. Such quality and beauty must live, thrive and grow. It is magical.
Kodak, we thank you, your management and your employees for all that you have done for our Rochester community and us on the sandlots of Rochester so long ago and the promise you hold for the future.
RONALD J. BUTTARAZZI and MARY E. BUTTARAZZI
Fairport
Eastman Kodak Company is the shadow of a great man. George Eastman was more than an innovative industrialist. He was a doer of good things for Rochester and many of us. During the great Depression and World War II, the “Emerson Street gang” and “the Locust Street gang” played ball on a field of cinders in nearby Edgerton Park. In the long hot summers, the two “gangs” joined forces and went to Edgerton Park and other parks to play softball with the Kodak Park Athletic League (the KPAA). Kodak gave us yellow T-shirts (remember the gold film boxes) with tribal names such as the Onondagas and the Iroquois printed on them.
Many immigrant uncles, grand-uncles and friends were proud of their Kodak job, considered a vocation, and a respected lifetime career. They fed their families and loved America. Their children fought and died for our country in every war from World War I to this day. Many not employed at Kodak continue to make their living in occupations serving those who work there.
George Eastman helped transform the University of Rochester into a world-class university. He founded or helped found RIT, Strong Memorial Hospital, the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; built the Eastman Theater; founded the Eastman Dental Clinic. His philanthropies were country- and world-wide.
The Christmas gift from one of our sons and his family to us and his five siblings was a large album of Kodak black-and-white and color pictures spanning more than 70 years of our family history. The Kodak paper, the coloring and quality transform the black and white and colored pictures into a work of art. The Kodak album is priceless. Kodak quality is on every page. Such quality and beauty must live, thrive and grow. It is magical.
Kodak, we thank you, your management and your employees for all that you have done for our Rochester community and us on the sandlots of Rochester so long ago and the promise you hold for the future.
RONALD J. BUTTARAZZI and MARY E. BUTTARAZZI
Fairport
