does anyone get this? And do we want to know?

[kokosbolla.livejournal.com]

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[lostchaos.livejournal.com]

Buster Brown swiping the Nipper "His Master's Voice" Gramaphone mascot for an ad?

[amadoj0nes.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.. Did 'Nipper' even exist at the time? This appears to be from 1910.

[shawnndan.livejournal.com]

He was patented 1899, actually, according to Wiki-wiki-wikipedia. And those are wax roll cylinders like you would use on an Edison gramophone, which is what Nipper was patented to advertise originally. So, yeah, it looks like they were piggybacking on the popularity of the gramophone to advertise Buster Brown shoes.

[sorcerer-mickey.livejournal.com]

In the earliest RCA ads, Nipper and the RCA Victor Phonograph were resting atop a coffin containing, presumably, "His master." That's why Nipper has that puzzled, cocked-head "WTF?" expression - he's hearing "his (dead) master's voice."

[babooinoshido.livejournal.com]

I really love this> :D

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

I was terrified of that dog when I was a kid.

[twindowlicker.livejournal.com]

Yay! It's Tige!
This seems like just an opportunity to use the popularity of the new talking machine to insert the humor of the poem and Tige's big smile into their advertising.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Not much to get. Tige imitates Nipper to sell shoes.

Speaking of Nipper, I saw the biggest darn Nipper ever in a store in Palmer, MA, that sells antique musical instruments. Must have been at least three feet tall. I couldn't go in, so I took a picture through the window.