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Eldridge Reeves Johnson (February 6, 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware [1] – November 14, 1945 in Moorestown, New Jersey [2] [3]) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901 and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph compan...
- Eldridge Reeves Fenimore "Fen" Johnson
- Eldridge Reeves Johnson, February 6, 1867, Wilmington, Delaware
- Elsie Reeves Fenimore Johnson
- November 14, 1945 (aged 78), Moorestown, New Jersey
E. R. Johnson, Age 5 23 Asa S. Johnson 28 E. R. Johnson - Circa 1890 33 Francis Barraud - Artist 53 September 1901 Cosmopolitan Magazine Victor Advertisement 62 Edward K. MacEwan 74 Evolution of Victor's Machine 77 Mrs. Eldridge R. Johnson - Circa 1903 80 Recording Machine - Gramophone and Typewriter Company
Eldridge R. Johnson, Emile Berliner: Status: Acquired by RCA in 1929; known today as RCA Records: Genre: Classical, blues, popular, jazz, country, bluegrass, folk: Country of origin: United States: Location: Camden, New Jersey
- 1929; 94 years ago
- Camden, New Jersey
- 1901; 122 years ago
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Request the Data. Eldridge R. Johnson. Victor Talking Machine Company. 1901–1927. Industry: Fabricated Goods. Era: 1900. Johnson became a leader in the phonograph industry by introducing a number of technical innovations.
Jul 19, 2011 · Eldridge Reeves Johnson (1867-1945) is an obscure figure in music history, and his name is certainly not as recognisable as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. It’s a bit of his own fault, really, as Johnson, while promoting his company and its products vigorously, himself stayed in the background – unlike his contemporary Edison, or ...
In 1894, Johnson bought out Scull’s remaining share in the shop and renamed it the Eldridge R. Johnson Machine Company. In 1896, now with his own shop, Johnson was introduced to Emile Berliner’s gramophone by Belford G. Royal, the shop foreman who had hired him when he was starting out (Barnum 14).
Apr 7, 2021 · The company was founded by engineer Eldridge R. Johnson, who had been manufacturing gramophones for inventor Emile Berliner, to play his disc records.
