Good Morning,When our son Saleel did PharmD from St. John’s University, he started working inEllie Lilly, Albany sector. One day he told me “Daddy, I want to take you to a place where you will be surprised.” Guess what, being I am a diehard music lover, he took me where world’s largest ‘Nipper’ dog statue of the giant monument of the RCA recordcompany’s mascot fixture in quiet area of Albany. Well, I was stunned and happy to see the historic icon…
Sitting atop a storage building in the North End neighborhood of Albany, New York, is a four-ton, 28-foot tall steel and fiberglass statue of Nipper, the canine mascot of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), the now-defunct consumer electronics behemoth…
As you may know, ‘Nipper’ the iconic dog associated with “RCA “and “His Master’s Voice,” was a real-life dog born in England in 1884. A white terrier mix (likely fox terrier) known for nipping at heels he was adopted by painter Francis Barraud who depicted him listening to a phonograph. The image became a famous audio logo…
1) Nipper (photograph by Barraud, Liverpool and Oxford Street, London)… 2) The original picture with a phonograph as shown in Barraud’s copyright photograph of 1899… 3) The famous Nipper picture as revised for the Gramophone Company from an oleograph…
As a passionate collector, I used to have that old antique phonograph with RCA-HMV’s 78rpm records in my collection. I am sure you will like this melodic & nostalgic story…
I am with old antique phonograph…
Stay warm, with regards,
Jayant.
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