Kodachrome

PHOTOS: How Kodachrome Changed Our View Of America

Eric Sandweiss | Posted 05.16.2012

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Eric Sandweiss

Scientists had experimented with the possibility of showing the world in color since even before the late 1800s, but it was the invention known as Kodachrome that delivered "the colors the human eye perceives" not just to obsessive eccentrics but to housewives, Boy Scouts and Rotarians.

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WATCH: Creepiest Dating Instructional Film Ever

Posted 08.04.2011

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Oh, if only the MST3K guys had gotten their hands on this piece of work. See, back in 1949, teens had Kodachrome movies to teach them about every aspe...

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Elegy for Kodachrome

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Philip Neches

The world as we knew it is slipping away. Last week, the last roll of Kodachrome came out of a laboratory in Parsons, Kansas.

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Kodak's Kills Kodachrome Film

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak is taking your Kodachrome away. The Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it's retiring its oldest film...

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Kodachrome Will No Longer Be Made By Kodak

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eastman Kodak Co. will discontinue its iconic Kodachrome color film this year due to tumbling sales as photographers embrace newer Kodak films or digi...

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