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KAPHY AT WORK-No. 18 in a Kodak series
Even if Dun & Bradstreet reporters photographed every
business they investigate, it would not be among the
biggest uses of photography this famous credit organization
employs.
One most in~portant way makes last-minute credit information
in the apparel trades available thoughout the
country overnight. Current data and analysts' opinions
on more than 150,000 apparel retailers are microfilmed,
transferred to micro-cards and flown daily to Credit
Clearing offices.
It's another example of photography and Recordak
microfilming saving time and money. They are working
for railroads, banks, oil companies and countless other
businesses and industries both large and small.
Behind the man\ photographic products becoming increasingly
valuable today and those being planned for
tomorrow lie intriguing and challenging opportunities at
Kodak in research, development, design and production.
If 1 ou are interested in these opportunities in science
and engineering-whether you are a recent graduate or
a qualified returning serviceman, \\rite to the Buiiiness
and Technical Personnel Department.
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester 4, N. Y.
A Southcul wholei.-ilc niiiti.ct~~.x~ei b.id w-
ceixt d an oidei foi $10 00 woitli of t.aud}
barb from tlie 15oibie Ilollon C'~ud\ Shop It
was a first order. and when tin" credit ni'iiuger
did11 t find tin- 11amc listed in the Reference
Book, he plio~ied the Dun & Bradbtieet ijffii-e
for a report on tile venture.
'1 he iepoitei a-isigned to the case located
tile concern on a dirt road, and lie took a snapshot
of the premises and its busy prupiietors
which inspired this illustration. He interviewed
the owners and wrote a report which
was forwarded to the wholesaler.
It informed him that the enterprise was
operated as a p~itneidnp by two neighbors
who weie both "elevei~ years of age and unmarried"-also
that "although the owners are
men of limited nleaiii, they have a high standing
in their coinniunity." Tlie financial htatement
indicated assets of $13.25 in merchandise
and casli, with a valuation of $35.00 for the
building coiisistiiig of a rt modeled tuikq coop
The partners were reported as experienced
with a he->ear record uf selling lemonade
and cookie5 with tlieir liume pantries as tlie
principdl source;, of iiuppl> There v, as no indebtedness
as tlieir motheis' tern15 were
iitrictl) C O.D. The \\liolesaler took a more
liberal attitude and slnplx d un regulai terIii5.
The bill was uaid in ten davs.
and the whole-ialer opened
an iic~o~iut in his ledger
foi tlie ' Hoisie Hollow
Candy shup."