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Nipper, the fox terrier immortalized in "His Master's Voice", is one of the music trademarks filed in the Secretary of State's records. His owner, Francis Barraud, a Bristol, England theater stage set painter in the late 19th century, noticed Nipper listening intently, head cocked, to a cylinder phonograph. After the dog's death this image never left Barraud.
He later painted the image of Nipper, listening intently to an Edison-bell cylinder machine. The Edison-bell company was not interested in the painting because "Dogs don't listen to phonographs." The Gramophone Company in London commissioned Barraud to alter the painting with a Gramophone. The painting was brought to the United States and was used as a logo and later by a successor, the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Music Trademark Gallery
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Shop Look Listen - #2063
Foley-Maegly Music Company, Oregon, 1921
![Drawing of 10 billboard type signs for various Rudolph Wurlitzer brands.](/archives/exhibits/trademarks/PublishingImages/rudolph-wurlitzer-company.jpg)
Loud, Rythmikon, Lingard, Cottage Gem, Artola, Conn,
Buescher, True Tone, Tone King and Cremona - #2020
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Ohio, 1920
![Drawing of Nipper the terrier listening to a gramaphone with "His Master's Voice" below](/archives/exhibits/trademarks/PublishingImages/his-masters-voice.jpg)
His Master's Voice - #906
The Victor Talking Machine Company, New Jersey, 1904
![Drawing of women depicting art, music and composing. "Portland College of Music and Dramatic Art School"](/archives/exhibits/trademarks/PublishingImages/portland-college-music-drama.jpg)
The Portland College of Music and Dramatic Art School - #358
W. Edgar Buck, Oregon, 1892