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14 unusual facts about George Eastman House


Henry Horenstein

His work has been collected by many institutions including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.; the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Library of Congress; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jesse Kalisher

Kalisher's photography is featured in the permanent collections of museums such as the Louvre, The Smithsonian, The George Eastman House, The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum of San Francisco, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and many more.

John Faunce Leavitt

The artist, writer and curator's photographs are in the collection of the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.

Josef Sudek

His first Western show was at George Eastman House in 1974 and he published 16 books during his life.

New York State Route 96

West of Winton, NY 96 passes through the East Avenue Historic District, a primarily residential area with historic upper-class houses, including the George Eastman House.

Oscar Solbert

The qualities which had made for Solbert's successful career as an officer and a business executive proved to be equally applicable to this career as the first Director of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

Oscar Nathaniel Solbert (January 22, 1885 – April 16, 1958) was an American general, business executive and the first director of George Eastman House.

Ruud van Empel

These were first exhibited in the Picturing Eden exhibition, compiled by Deborah Klochko, in the George Eastman House.

Samuel Bemis

However, his camera apparatus may still be seen in the George Eastman House along with the original bill of sale and a number of his images.

The House with Closed Shutters

Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House and the Library of Congress.

The Loves of Pharaoh

The restoration extended the Russian version with footage from an Italian nitrate print of Pharaoh that the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, had acquired in 1998.

Thomas H. Jackson

In July 2011 Jackson was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

Three Hours

According to the website Silents Are Golden, a print of Three Hours survives at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.

Van Deren Coke

In 1970—during Beaumont Newhall's final year—he served as Deputy Director and from 1971 to 1972 as Director of George Eastman House.


Frank Lloyd

In 1957, Lloyd was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

John Pfahl

Pfahl has appeared in over 100 group and solo exhibitions, and his work is represented in at least forty-five public and corporate collections, including the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Steve McCurry

Eastman Kodak let him shoot the last ever produced roll of Kodachrome transparency film, which was processed in July 2010 by Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas and will be housed at the George Eastman House.

The Godless Girl

In 2007, a version was released by Photoplay Productions and George Eastman House, in association with the Cecil B. DeMille Foundation and Film4, restored from deMille's own nitrate print, with a new music score by Carl Davis.

William Larson

His works can be found in many significant collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the George Eastman House, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.