Waterville in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Birth Place of George Eastman
Photographed by Deb Hartshorn, August 22, 2010
1. Birth Place of George Eastman Marker
George Eastman
Inventor of Kodak
Born July 12, 1854
Died in Rochester
March 14, 1932
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1911.
Location. 42° 55.95′ N, 75° 22.535′ W. Marker is in Waterville, New York, in Oneida County. It is on Stafford Avenue North (New York State Route 12) 0.1 miles Putnam Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 145 Stafford Avenue North, Waterville NY 13480, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sangerfield (approx. 0.2 miles away); Waterville War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterville Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Sangerfield (approx. 0.4 miles away); Utica, Clinton & Binghamton R.R. (approx. 4.3 miles away); Stone Church (approx. 4.3 miles away); Cassety Hollow (approx. 4.4 miles away); Deansboro Depot (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterville.
Also see . . .
1. George Eastman. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on October 19, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Waterville, NY
this page online
Internet Archive
2. George Eastman
from Bertie Charles Forbes, Men Who are Making America, 1917.
Photographed by Deb Hartshorn, August 22, 2010
3. Birth Place of George Eastman Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2010, by Deb Hartshorn of Burlington County, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,290 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 22, 2010, by Deb Hartshorn of Burlington County, New Jersey. 2. submitted on July 1, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3. submitted on August 22, 2010, by Deb Hartshorn of Burlington County, New Jersey. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
