Our History, Our Heritage
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1919 and for over six decades endeavored to advance the Electronic industry technology to reach the apex of the technically possible at the time. In the relentless process of pursuing new vistas for its costumers RCA acquired the appellative: “RCA; The most Trusted Name in Electronics” and brought forth a number of firsts in innovation in South Jersey, that benefitted the company, the nation, the world and made life a little more amenable to live.
While developing, designing and building all of the below products, RCA created a social agenda for its employees and its South Jersey hub that delivered significant advancements to the demographics and economic welfare of South Jersey. RCA created the professional middle class in South Jersey which including thousands of engineers that worked at RCA South Jersey(the most engineers per square mile in the world!).
RCA extended, the spirit of family, shared at work by all employees, to the entire family of each employee by offering jobs to the employees' family members. This was perhaps a first occurrence in this industry. This created a second income in the family with the wonderful result of affluence to allow for a better life, better support to all members of the family, and gave families a chance to send their children to college.
After six decades, in June 1986 RCA was acquired by General Electric and quickly, its famous name went into oblivion. Nevertheless, the RCA Museum continues to revive the RCA name by emphasizing the importance RCA had on South Jersey's industrial imagination.
