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The Inventor of Film Photography. 



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 Company, Binghampton, New York, 

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THE GOODWIN MEMORIAL TABLET. 



Public Library at Newark, New Jersey. 

 Here honor and financial remuneration 

 come after the inventor's death. Ex- 



tended litigation regarding Dr. Good- 

 win's rights finally resulted in securing 

 for Mrs. Goodwin a handsome, though 

 tardy, remuneration for her husband's 

 labor in giving to the world so import- 

 ant an invention. That this man 

 should die without financial 

 remuneration for the won- 

 derful invention that has 

 given wealth to so many, 

 and has been so appreciated 

 by photographers, is aston- 

 ishing and deplorable. We 

 quote the following from 

 "Portrait," a magazine pub- 

 lished by the Ansco Com- 

 pany : 



"The United States Cir- 

 cuit Court of Appeals af- 

 firming the decree against 

 the Eastman Kodak Co., 

 makes this sad commen- 

 tary: 'Truly an extraordi- 

 nary and deplorable condi- 

 tion of affairs ! But who 

 was to blame for it — Good- 

 win or the five examiners 

 who improperly deprived 

 him of his rights during 

 eleven years?' " 



We have no disposition 

 to argue regarding the in- 

 justice but we believe that 

 every naturalist who uses a 

 camera can but feel a sin- 

 cere regret that Dr. Good- 

 win never had either hon- 

 or nor money during his 

 life for his great gift to all 

 students of nature. Tbis is 

 one of the most pathetic 

 cases that we have ever 

 heard of. Some one, somewhere, has 

 been to blame. To Dr. Goodwin be all 

 honor and praise for the great benefit 

 that he has conferred on humanity. 





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