The dog’s name was Nipper:

In 1898, three years after Nipper’s death, Francis painted a picture based on a photograph of Nipper listening intently to a wind-up Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph, substituting a disc gramophone for the phonograph. On February 11, 1899, Francis filed an application for copyright of his picture “Dog Looking At and Listening to a Phonograph.” Thinking the Edison-Bell Company might find it useful, he presented it to James E. Hough who, in a move that would eventually result in Edison exiting the record business altogether, promptly said, “Dogs don’t listen to phonographs.” On May 31, 1899, Francis went to the Maiden Lane offices of The Gramophone Company with the intention of borrowing a brass horn to replace the original black horn on the painting. Manager, William Barry Owen suggested that if the artist replaced the entire machine with a Berliner disc gramophone, the Company would buy the painting. A modified form of the painting became the successful trademark of Victor and HMV records, HMV music stores, and RCA. The trademark itself was registered by Berliner on July 10, 1900. (wikipedia)

More info about Nipper over at DesignBoom.

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About Depression Press photostream: Depression Press is one of Ken Henderson’s Flickr account. Kent Henderson is an “art director and designer with 10+ years of experience in advertising, interactive and print design” (via his Linkedin profile). See his portofolio over at his other Flickr account.

Depression Press has a lot of interesting sets from typecase, printshop and vintage illustrations to old logos.

“Over the past decade, the publishing industry has undergone wave after wave of consolidation. But within the giant conglomerates there is still a fait amount of biodiversity – at least judging from the logos that bird- and beast-watchers can spot on the spines of their books.”

About Nicholas Felton: “Is 31 years old. Lives in New York City. Works professionally as The Office of Feltron.com Spends his spare time developing Daytum.” / “Graphic designer Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of several personal annual reports (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005) that collate countless measurements of his year into a rich collection of graphs and maps reflecting the travel, photography, music, food, drink and reading contained in the year. It is his hope that Daytum will provide the tools to a larger audience to examine and communicate their habits and routines.” (from the staff’s page at Daytum) Visit his official web site. Check his Flickr photostream and follow him on Tumblr.