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His Master's Voice

dog hears His Master's Voice music to a dog's ears iconic RCA Victor's Nipper December 29, 2020 Contest: Trademark ~ Quintain Sponsor: Sara Kendrick AN: After he had finished his famous painting on 11th February 1898, Francis Barraud (Liverpool) thought to himself that maybe the Edison-Bell phonograph company would find his work useful. Sadly, the company turned down Barraud’s offer, skeptically stating Dogs don’t listen to phonographs. But soon enough, the painting would become a highly successful trademark of the RCA Victor, HMV, EMI, and its many branch companies, as a registered trademark on July 10th, 1900.

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/31/2020 9:21:00 AM

This one got my attention because we had a rat terrier once who looked very much like that RCA dog. Thanks for participating in my contest. Sara

Reason A. Poteet
Date: 1/2/2021 5:43:00 AM

thank YOU, Sara for the generous placement. When I read of the history of the trademark, I thought - how wrong can people be when they don't look beyond the obvious. And I found out that Thomas Edison was one of the founders of GE, through a merger. My dad, brother and father-in-law all worked at GE.