Advertisement

Eldridge Reeves Johnson

Advertisement

Eldridge Reeves Johnson

Birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Death
14 Nov 1945 (aged 78)
Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Section: Rockland, Lot: 790, Johnson Mausoleum
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
Inventor and Businessman. Invented a spring-driven motor for phonographs, replacing the old hand-cranked method. Manufactured and sold his own phonographs, and created the Victor Talking Machine Company. The company's trademark - a dog seated before a phonograph - became internationally famous. Johnson sold his company to RCA in 1927. To this day the company is known as RCA Victor.
Inventor and Businessman. Invented a spring-driven motor for phonographs, replacing the old hand-cranked method. Manufactured and sold his own phonographs, and created the Victor Talking Machine Company. The company's trademark - a dog seated before a phonograph - became internationally famous. Johnson sold his company to RCA in 1927. To this day the company is known as RCA Victor.

Family Members

Parents
Spouse
Children

Advertisement

See more Johnson memorials in:

Flower Delivery

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement

How famous was Eldridge Reeves Johnson ?

Current rating:

47 votes

Sign-in to cast your vote.

  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Oct 10, 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12885/eldridge_reeves-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Eldridge Reeves Johnson (6 Feb 1867–14 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12885, citing West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.