After trying her hand at a number of unusual ventures including setting up a photography company, Earhart set out in a new direction.
The sluggish economy was already causing trouble for photography companies, long before terrorism reared its head.
Even so, the largest photography company said its United States market share shrank this year.
More recently, the Wardenclyffe site became a processing facility for a photography company.
Consumers' top choice, digital photography companies have found, is a paper with a glossy finish.
But conventional photography companies will not give up market share without a fight.
There are still opportunities that no photography company has yet nailed down.
The photography company said the offer of $40 a share in cash plus some other incentives was inadequate.
In his spare time, he set up a photography laboratory with two friends and found business from a local photography company.
Analysts say the company never responded properly after digital technologies began eating into every photography company's film sales.