<P> In 1881 a farmer in Cambria , Wisconsin , Peter Houston , invented the first roll film camera . His younger brother David , filed the patents for various components of Peter 's camera . David Henderson Houston ( b . June 14 , 1841 ; d . May 6 , 1906 ) , originally from Cambria , Wisconsin , patented the first holders for flexible roll film . Houston moved to Hunter in Dakota Territory in 1880 . He was issued an 1881 patent for a roll film holder which he licensed to George Eastman ( it was used in Eastman 's Kodak 1888 box camera ) . Houston sold the patent ( and an 1886 revision ) outright to Eastman for $5000 in 1889 . Houston continued developing the camera , creating 21 patents for cameras or camera parts between 1881 and 1902 . In 1912 his estate transferred the remainder of his patents to Eastman . </P>
<P> In 1881 a farmer in Cambria , Wisconsin , Peter Houston , invented the first roll film camera . His younger brother David , filed the patents for various components of Peter 's camera . David Henderson Houston ( b . June 14 , 1841 ; d . May 6 , 1906 ) , originally from Cambria , Wisconsin , patented the first holders for flexible roll film . Houston moved to Hunter in Dakota Territory in 1880 . He was issued an 1881 patent for a roll film holder which he licensed to George Eastman ( it was used in Eastman 's Kodak 1888 box camera ) . Houston sold the patent ( and an 1886 revision ) outright to Eastman for $5000 in 1889 . Houston continued developing the camera , creating 21 patents for cameras or camera parts between 1881 and 1902 . In 1912 his estate transferred the remainder of his patents to Eastman . </P>
the inventor of the popular roll-film camera was
the inventor of the popular roll-film camera was
Peter Houston
Peter Houston