Capturing the Memories

The text and images are from "America's Story from America's Library" by the Library of Congress. What is the main idea of this text? (1 point) Responses George Eastman's 1888 Kodak portable box camera was the first camera that used film in a roll but it was also big and expensive. George Eastman's 1888 Kodak portable box camera was the first camera that used film in a roll but it was also big and expensive. The Kodak Brownie camera was portable, affordable, and easy to use, changing the way people traveled and captured memories. The Kodak Brownie camera was portable, affordable, and easy to use, changing the way people traveled and captured memories. Most families stopped taking cameras and video cameras on their vacations after they became more expensive than $1. Most families stopped taking cameras and video cameras on their vacations after they became more expensive than $1. Pictures from the Kodak Brownie camera were developed at the Eastman factory and then sent back to people.

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The main idea of the text is that the Kodak Brownie camera transformed the way people captured memories by being portable, affordable, and easy to use, making photography accessible to a wider audience and changing how families documented their travels.