Kodak Drive was christened in 1921 on what would later be called the Pacific View Terrace tract. By then, Kodak cameras and film were household items – George Eastman (1854-1932) had founded the company back in 1888 – so this street couldn’t have been named after anything else. (The “Kodak” name itself was invented by Eastman and his mother.) Tract owners Peter and Nellie Van Der Meid, a Dutch couple in their early 60s, did live in Rochester, NY for several years before coming to Los Angeles – and since Eastman Kodak is headquartered in Rochester, I assume that’s what inspired them to name this street. (There’s no evidence that the Van Der Meids knew Eastman socially or worked for his company.) Perhaps they also thought the Kodak name reflected their tract’s photogenic vistas.
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