Inventor. In the summer of 1897, he immigrated to New Jersey, rented a vacant store and operated two melodrama film companies. In 1908, he went to work at Edison Laboratories and developed a motorized washing machine for the White Lily Washing Machine Company of Davenport, Iowa. With his interest more in film reproduction, he pioneered ideas for motion-picture equipment using images on discs. Obtaining funding from the White Lily Company, he formed the New Victor Animato-Graph Company that produced and marketed several novel motion picture and slide projectors. In 1917, he designed and built the portable Victor Safety Cinema, the first projector using a variation of 28-mm safety film. The Society of Motion Picture Engineers soon adopted this as a new standard for projection in schools and churches. In 1923, Kodak announced the 16-mm film standard and Victor immediately designed and marketed the first 3 lens cameras and multi speed projectors. Victor 16-mm equipment was highly successful in sound-film use becoming the world wide industry standard. He also introduced the first motorized battery hand held 35-mm camera in 1925 and the first sound projector employing a vertical turntable in 1930. His final projects were a new 8-mm camera and a multicolor television projector, for news casting, motion picture and personal use. He holds over sixty U.S. patents relating to cameras, projectors and sound equipment and was a life long member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
Inventor. In the summer of 1897, he immigrated to New Jersey, rented a vacant store and operated two melodrama film companies. In 1908, he went to work at Edison Laboratories and developed a motorized washing machine for the White Lily Washing Machine Company of Davenport, Iowa. With his interest more in film reproduction, he pioneered ideas for motion-picture equipment using images on discs. Obtaining funding from the White Lily Company, he formed the New Victor Animato-Graph Company that produced and marketed several novel motion picture and slide projectors. In 1917, he designed and built the portable Victor Safety Cinema, the first projector using a variation of 28-mm safety film. The Society of Motion Picture Engineers soon adopted this as a new standard for projection in schools and churches. In 1923, Kodak announced the 16-mm film standard and Victor immediately designed and marketed the first 3 lens cameras and multi speed projectors. Victor 16-mm equipment was highly successful in sound-film use becoming the world wide industry standard. He also introduced the first motorized battery hand held 35-mm camera in 1925 and the first sound projector employing a vertical turntable in 1930. His final projects were a new 8-mm camera and a multicolor television projector, for news casting, motion picture and personal use. He holds over sixty U.S. patents relating to cameras, projectors and sound equipment and was a life long member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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