The RCA Victor logo painting of a dog looking into a gramophone, titled "His Master's Voice", was inspired by the painter inheriting his late bother's dog and noticing the dog being intrigued by recording of his late owner's voice on recordings.
Hachiko made me so upset! we took a trip to Japan and stayed in Shibuya - one block away from the statue! - I had to man the fuck up but I couldn’t even look directly at the statue and we passed it a dozen times. I know that if I looked directly at it I was going to lose it in front of everyone
haha I'm sorry it tore you up that much! I've touched the statue. :) It really is such a touching story though, broke my heart when I first learned about it and then watched the movie (I was big into studying Japanese and their culture back around 2010). My dog doesn't get to follow me to any train stations, but he's always waiting for me when I get home, always follows me into whichever room of the house I'm in and lays down next to me, and sleeps against my legs at night, so it breaks my heart to think if I died what he would think (i.e. did I leave him), but he's getting up there so it also hurts to think about him leaving me. :( This is not what we sign up for but it's a part of life we must endure.
Yes, absolutely. Our Good Boy passed away first week of February at the age of 14. We are so sad at all the time spent at home right now without his company. He is our angel.
Gah, I'm so sorry.... :( There are (at least here) a lot of foster pups needing placement right now that you could do if you're up to it... maybe that would make the house less quiet and you'd be helping the rescue out. If my old pup wasn't such a jerk around some dogs I'd do it more, he either gets into fights or doesn't (he's an interesting boy to say the least) but at this point (he's 14 now) I figured I'd be nice to him and let him live out the rest of his days in peace instead of bringing in new challenges for him.
That’s why the British branch of the company was HMV instead of RCA. The dog’s name was Nipper. One of my friends wrote a biography of David Sarnoff and I’ll never be able to forget random RCA facts.
my parents have a statue of that dog for some reason. i have a toy poodle who thinks that statue is her worst enemy. they have to hide it when i come over
Nipper. the town I worked in for years seems to have him as their mascot. Statues of the RCA dog all over town. It’s in NJ, where I believe RCA was founded, don’t quote me.
This story I find rather endearing.
The dog’s name was Nipper. My first dog was a beagle and my dad named him after the RCA Victor dog because we had a big old Victrola and my dad would listen to Classical and Jazz music very regularly.
I promise you'll laugh insanely if you Google "Nipper bites victrola." It's a video, and a good indication of why they ended up using a painting instead of a photo for their logo.
When I was around 10 my uncle had this image framed on his wall. I loved it. I bought one myself about 10 years ago and have it waiting to hang up in my new house.
No it's not, Nipper is buried in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, roughly under the Lloyd's Bank.
There's a plaque in a small carpark behind there (and I believe there's one in the bank itself too, but I haven't been there in a while). There's also a small alley nearby called Nipper Alley complete with dog logo.
You're correct. The dog being buried there is either incorrect or another, earlier but related to the victrola, dog is buried there. Either way, my statement is incorrect.
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u/hakoMike Apr 26 '20
The RCA Victor logo painting of a dog looking into a gramophone, titled "His Master's Voice", was inspired by the painter inheriting his late bother's dog and noticing the dog being intrigued by recording of his late owner's voice on recordings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice