HMV: His Master's Voice, United Kingdom

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"HMV" ("His Master's Voice") is a British music business. The banner shown has the same image on both sides, c. 1950s?

HMV stands for "His Master's Voice," the title of a painting by Francis Barraud of "Nipper" (a dog) listening to a phonograph cylinder, bought by the Gramophone Company in 1899. For advertising purposes this was changed to a wind-up gramophone, and eventually used simply as a silhouette. HMV owned the "Waterstones" bookshop chain from 1998 until 2011."

Source: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-original-hmv-advertising
William Garrison, 6 January 2024

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image located by William Garrison, 6 January 2024
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMV

HMV stands for "His Master's Voice," the title of a painting by Francis Barraud of "Nipper" (a dog) listening to a phonograph cylinder, bought by the Gramophone Company in 1899. For advertising purposes this was changed to a wind-up gramophone, and eventually used simply as a silhouette. HMV owned the "Waterstones" bookshop chain from 1998 until 2011."
William Garrison, 6 January 2024