Kodak and other Dow Jones Industrial Average former favorites

As Eastman Kodak Co. faces a possible bankruptcy, a look at other companies that have trod the path from a Dow Jones Industrial Average listing to mere memory.

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Mack Trucks

A Mack truck and the company's mascot symbol sit outside the company's headquarters in Allentown, Pa. The Dow Jones Inustrial Average selected Mack Trucks as a component in 1924. It dropped the company in 1930. Mack Trucks was later bought by Volvo.

Don Fisher / AP

Victor Talking Machine Co.

The ubiquitious logo of the Victor Talking Machine Co. — a dog listening to a gramaphone — graced records like the "The Wandering Boy," recorded on Aug. 2, 1927, by The Carter Family. The Victor Talking Machine Co. appeared on the DJIA for one year in 1928.

Remington Typewriter

The late W.C. "Bill" Heinz showed his 1932 Remington typewriter at his home in Bennington, Vt., on Nov. 7, 2002. Heinz, an author, sportswriter and war correspondent, used the typewriter in World War II to write about the Allied invasion of France.

Tim Roske / AP

Woolworth

Shoppers walk past the F.W. Woolworth store on Main Street in downtown McAllen, Tex. The chain associated with nostalgic five-and-dime stores closed its doors that year. It appeared on the DJIA for 23 years.

Delicia Lopez / AP

Studebaker

A Studebaker Hawk is seen in Halstead, Kan. The Studebaker shut down in 1966.

Mike Berry / AP

Borden

In this photo provided by Borden Milk, actress Selena Gomez watches as Borden's Elsie the Cow celebrates her 70th birthday during an event at the Texas State Fair in Dallas in 2009. Financial losses struck the company in the 1990s and it had to sell its shares.

Rex C. Curry / AP

Standard Oil

The Standard Oil Company filling station in Bowling Green, Ky. Standard Oil, long a known American company, became Chevron in 1977.

Joe Imel / AP

Eastman Kodak Co.

Old Kodachrome slides were retired after 74 years in the company's portfolio because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age. Now, the company faces a possible bankruptcy in the coming weeks.

David Duprey / AP

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