Victor Talking Machine Company
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Victor Talking Machine Company was a pioneering early 20th-century American record label and phonograph manufacturer that helped popularize recorded music worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victor Talking Machine Company canonical | 13 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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phonograph manufacturer ⓘ record company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | RCA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| brand | Victrola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfAcquisition | 1929 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1929 ⓘ |
| distributionArea |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eldridge R. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
manufacture of talking machines
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production of recorded music ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 78 rpm records ⓘ |
| hasParentCompany | Radio Corporation of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Camden, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1901 ⓘ |
| industry |
music industry
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phonograph manufacturing ⓘ sound recording ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| logo | Nipper listening to a phonograph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebrity artist catalogs
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helping popularize recorded music worldwide ⓘ high‑quality classical music recordings ⓘ innovations in phonograph cabinet design ⓘ |
| notableWork | Red Seal Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
Victrola phonographs
NERFINISHED
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gramophone records ⓘ phonograph ⓘ shellac discs ⓘ |
| recordLabelOf |
Al Jolson
NERFINISHED
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Bessie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Enrico Caruso NERFINISHED ⓘ Fritz Kreisler NERFINISHED ⓘ Jascha Heifetz NERFINISHED ⓘ John Philip Sousa NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
acquisition by Radio Corporation of America
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introduction of Victrola internal-horn phonograph ⓘ |
| successor | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trademark | His Master’s Voice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
acoustic recording
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electrical recording ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.