Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Frank Brownell Biography and Timeline

Follow Frank Brownell through 1 dated historical records for United States of America.

Frank Brownell, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1887–1887Years on this page

1887

Invention of Camera

Science / Technology

Frank Brownell, the maker of George Eastmans roll holder, creates for Eastman a simple box camera, Eastman names it "Kodak" and patents the name with the camera

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.