May 26, 2026
Tag: Nipper the RCA Dog Postcards
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Meet Nipper, the RCA Dog
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Nipper, was easily amused. Legend tells that Nipper would sit in front of an Edison phonograph and quizzically gaze into the horn from which came some of the first recorded sounds in history. “His master’s voice,” is very doubtful, but his owner, the English artist Francis Barraud, painted the dog and entitled the picture, His
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March 27, 2022 7 Comments
The young generations have no experience with coal. They don’t know that keeping warm with coal was demanding work. Because coal was a major U.S. source of energy for almost three centuries, it also found its way onto postcards. This account may not refresh your memory, but it will certainly make you happy that shoveling coal is not part of your daily routine.