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1946

Oak Ridge Camera Club (ORCC) meets January 16 at Midtown Recreation Hall.

Members: OR, Military, AEC, X-10.

Tennessee Eastman Company Camera Club (TEC CC) meets at Oak Ridge High School February 20.

Y-12 provides club headquarter and darkroom at Y-12 East Portal Building in December.

1947

Carbide Camera Club (CCC) for K-25 employees starts February 4 at ORHS.

Union Carbide new contractor for Y-12 in May, TEC CC and CCC merge.

1948

Joint annual meeting of CCC, ORCC and Cinema Club at Central Dining Room on February 3. The first Salon!

Union Carbide adds management of ORNL in July, CCC invites ORNL employees to join.

1954

Last meeting of ORCC in May.

1961

CCC moves to new club quarters at Cheyenne Hall.

1967

The Salon opens at Oak Ridge 25th Anniversary Headquarters in June. First Color Print Division in a Salon.

1969

First Salon at Oak Ridge Community Art Center (ORCAC) opens in September.

1984

Martin Marietta manages the plants, name change to Martin Marietta Camera Club (MMCC).

Darkroom and meetings move to ORCAC.

1995

Company merger, name change to Lockheed Martin Camera Club (LMCC).

1996

Darkroom moves to ORHS.

1998

50th Salon “The Art of Photography” opens in November at ORCAC.

2000

Management changes lead to club independence under the new name Camera Club of Oak Ridge (CCOR). Membership is open to everybody.

2001

Club meetings move to Roane State Community College in August.

2005

New Salon Division: Digital Images Displayed Digitally.

2006

Last color slides in the Salon.

2009

Salon opens at the Children's Museum in October. Non-Members can enter for the first time.

First club website: cameraclubofoakridge.org

2010

Y-12 New Hope Center becomes the venue for the Salon.

2015

First Salon print exhibition at AMSE