Editing Nipper (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:RCANipperGlass.jpg|thumb|right|240px|One of four stained glass windows atop the "[[Nipper Building]]", the former RCA Victor Building 17 in Camden, New Jersey. This photo, taken from inside the tower, shows the 2003 replacement of the 1979 replacement of the original 1915 glass]]
[[File:RCA Nipper.jpg|right|thumb|The statue of Nipper on the roof of the former RCA distribution building in Albany, New York, pictured in 2010.]]
As time progressed, Nipper's resting place was built upon, and the Kingston upon Thames branch of [[Lloyds Bank]] now occupies the site. To commemorate Nipper's 100th birthday, Mr. D.F. Johnson, the then-chairman of the [[HMV]] retailer, placed a commemorative plaque to the rear of the bank on the 15th of August 1984, understood to be near to the resting place.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eKkIrk1Pk |title=Final resting place of 'Nipper', the HMV dog. Hidden parts of Kingston. |date=2019-08-06 |last=Stuart George |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref> An additional plaque was placed on the wall inside the entrance to the bank, referencing the one outside.<ref name="Surreycomet">{{cite web |date=1 January 2010 |title=Kingston's Toilet Gallery alley named after HMV dog Nipper |url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/4826539.kingstons-toilet-gallery-alley-named-after-hmv-dog-nipper/ |website=Surrey Comet}}</ref>

Nipper's likeness has been reproduced into [[pocket watches]], [[salt and pepper shakers]], [[paperweights]], [[Lighter|cigar lighters]], [[stuffed toys]], [[Piggy bank|coin banks]], [[Mugs|coffee mugs]], [[T-shirts]], [[neckties]] and [[clocks]].<ref name="Devoted: 38 Extraordinary Tales">{{cite book |last1=Ascher-Walsh |first1=Rebecca |url=https://archive.org/details/devoted38extraor0000asch/page/72/mode/2up?q=%22rca+dog%22 |title=Devoted: 38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life With Dogs |date=8 October 2013 |publisher=[[National Geographic]] Books |isbn=978-1-4262-1263-5 |page=72 |language=en}}</ref> These advertising items have long been popular [[collectables]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.delaware.gov/museums/jvm/nipper.shtml |title=Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover, Delaware |access-date=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231153054/http://www.history.delaware.gov/museums/jvm/nipper.shtml |archive-date=2016-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

A depiction of Nipper appeared in RCA [[Television advertisement|television advertisements]], and later versions with his "son", a puppy named Chipper who was added to the RCA family in 1991.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010825085124/http://www.rca.com/content/viewdetail/1,2811,EI268-CI263,00.html Chipper]</ref> Real dogs played the roles of Nipper and Chipper, but Chipper had to be replaced much more frequently, since his character is a puppy.<ref name="How Dogs Love Us">{{cite book |last1=Berns |first1=Gregory |author1-link=Gregory Berns |title=How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain |date=2013 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |isbn=978-0-544-11451-7 |page=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/howdogsloveusneu0000bern/page/6/mode/2up?q=%22rca+dog%22+%22pit+bull%22 |language=en}}</ref>

A Baltimore street leading to a development of town-houses is named Nipper Way, where a statue of Nipper resided for a brief time before being relocated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode&time&date&ttype&q=nipper+way,+fairfax,+VA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.357317,114.257813&ie=UTF8&ll=38.874296,-77.24719&spn=0.006599,0.013947&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=0 |website=Google Maps}}</ref>

On 10 March 2010, a small road near to the dog's final resting place in Kingston upon Thames was officially named Nipper Alley.<ref name="Surreycomet" />

'''Statues'''

A four-ton Nipper can be seen on the roof of the former RCA distribution building now owned by Arnoff Moving & Storage.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.arnoff.com/about-us.aspx |access-date=14 June 2011 |work=Arnoff Moving & Storage - New York's Hudson Valley Mover of Choice}}</ref> The site is located at 991 Broadway in [[Albany, New York]].<ref name="Rolfs" /> 

A statue of Nipper was purchased by Jim Wells from RCA in Baltimore for $1, where it originally graced the former RCA Building on Russell Street. After spending many years on private property in Nipper Park in [[Merrifield, Virginia]], perched over [[Lee Highway]] (U.S. Route 29), it has now been returned to [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. Nipper now sits atop the [[Maryland Historical Society]] building at Park Avenue and West Centre Street in Baltimore, and the statue now includes a [[phonograph|gramophone]].

A small statue of Nipper in the United Kingdom can be seen perched above a doorway in the Merchant Venturers Building on the corner of Park Row and Woodland Road in Bristol; this building, part of the [[University of Bristol]], stands near the site of the old Prince's Theatre.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

In Orlando, Florida, at [[Walt Disney World]], a replication of Nipper with a gramophone appeared inside of a spaceship on the [[Space Mountain]] rollercoaster, and remained until the sponsorship from RCA to Walt Disney ended, upon which he was made into a robot dog and moved elsewhere within the queue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ace |first1=Shannen |date=3 February 2023 |title=New Stitch & RCA Dog Space Mountain Pin Lands at Walt Disney World - WDW News Today |url=https://wdwnt.com/2023/02/new-stitch-space-mountain-pin-at-walt-disney-world/ |work=wdwnt.com |publisher=WDW NEWS TODAY}}</ref>

Various reproductions of Nipper can be found in the permanent exhibition of the {{lang|fr-ca|italic=no|Musée des ondes Emile Berliner}} in Montreal, Quebec,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mon cher Nipper c'est à ton tour : une exposition qui a du chien... depuis 100 ans |url=https://moeb.ca/expositions/mon-cher-nipper-cest-a-ton-tour-une-exposition-qui-a-du-chien-depuis-100-ans/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Musée des ondes Emile Berliner |language=fr-FR}}</ref> a museum dedicated to the work of Emile Berliner and his companies that Nipper was the face of.

In 1984, a life-sized ornament of Nipper appears in the music video of [[Cyndi Lauper]]'s song "[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (Official HD Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=YouTube| date=25 October 2009 }}</ref>

In May 2017, the City of Albany held a contest for various groups or artists to submit designs for creative, painted Nipper statues which were placed throughout the city. Ten of the contestants were chosen to create ten Nipper statues – which were displayed for one year and then auctioned off for charity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Steve|title=Albany summer street exhibit features Nipper statues|url=http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Albany-summer-street-exhibit-features-Nipper-11218939.php|access-date=3 September 2017|work=Times Union|date=13 July 2017}}</ref>