"This trademark of “His Master's Voice” was first used circa 1900 by Emile Berliner (European His Master's Voice) & Eldrige Johnson (subsequently Victor, USA) The original picture of Nipper listening to the phonograph was made with Nipper and...
Jasen, David A.; Nipper; Thrasher, Elliott; Templeton, Charles H., Jr.; Foglesong, Mary
(l. to r.) Dave Jasen, Mary Foglesong's brother Elliott Thrasher, Chip Templeton, and Mary Foglesong pose with Nipper in the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum.
The brown ears and glass eyes of this dog are characteristic of the earliest dogs made. This particular Nipper stood in the window of the O.K. Houck Piano Co. in Memphis. When "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy was in good favor with Houck, Handy's...
This was the first disc gramophone. It was invented by Emile Berliner and played a 7-inch disc. It became the Victor "trade mark" model and is seen in Barraud's famous painting with Nipper, the dog. Berliner's machine differed from Edison's in its...
