Eastman Kodak: 130 years of history – in pictures

The first Kodak camera came loaded and cost twenty five dollars in 1889 Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1890s: Kodak employees in a penthouse on the roof of the State Street factory Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1895: A woman holds an early Kodak camera which was sold with the film already loaded. The entire camera was returned to the factory for film processing Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

1900: An advertisement for Kodak cameras featuring "The Kodak Girl" Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1900: The interior of a Kodak shop Photograph: Science & Society Picture Librar/Getty Images

August 1911: Two women enjoy a sunny day on the beach at Lulworth Cove in Dorset (the woman on the left is holding a Kodak camera) Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

1920s: A girl taking a photograph of a dog Photograph: Science Museum Photo Studio/Getty Images

1925: George Eastman taking pictures with a Kodak camera Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

July 1929: George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company and Thomas Edison at Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Their experiments together made motion pictures possible Photograph: George Eastman House/Getty Images

1930s: Production line workers assemble Kodak cameras in Harrow, UK Photograph: Science & Society Picture Librar/Getty Images

18 March 1947: A tiny "MB" camera (no larger than its namesake, a matchbox). Eastman Kodak designed and built 1,000 of these cameras for use by OSS agents and underground forces during World War II Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1971: Women hold Kodak cameras at the Ideal Home Exhibition Photograph: Daily Mail/Rex Features

1980s: A 'Free Kodak Film' sandwich board in New York Photograph: Henryk T Kaiser/Rex Features

4 June 2002: A policeman takes a picture with a Kodak disposable camera outside Buckingham Palace on the final day of Queen Elizabeth's golden jubilee bank holiday weekend Photograph: Alex Lentati/Evening Standard/Rex Features

8 January 2007: The Kodak EASYSHARE V1003 Zoom 10.0 mega pixel digital cameras are showcased at the Kodak booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

22 June 2009: A saleswoman holds a box of Kodachrome film in an electronics shop in New York Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

26 October 2010: Kodak products displayed in a store in Brunswick, Maine Photograph: Pat Wellenbach/AP

7 December 2011: A My Kodak Moments App demonstration in New York Photograph: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images

6 January 2012: One of several empty Kodak employee parking spaces in Rochester, New York Photograph: David Duprey/AP

10 January 2012: A collection of Eastman Kodak colour slide film and 35mm film containers Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters

11 January 2012: The Kodak booth during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters