In 2005, Moorestown put on a public art project centered around and featuring Nipper, the RCA mascot/dog. This Nipper festival featured 30 five foot high fiberglass Nipper statues, decorated by artists supported by various sponsors (see below). Five Moorestown partners: The Evergreens, Historical Society of Moorestown, Lutheran Home at Moorestown, Moorestown Community House and Perkins Center for the Arts were responsible for bringing Nipper 2005 to Moorestown. All "Nippers"were sold at auction in October 2005 as a local fund-raiser.
To see all the Nippers sold at auction (and they are worth seeing) click HERE to see some fabulous pictures.
To see the news story on this project, which was held in the Moorestown Mall, for goodness sakes, click HERE.
Background/History
According to the Nipper 2005 website (no longer up), Eldridge Johnson, the founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company and acquirer of the "Nipper" trademark, moved his family in 1919 "to a small estate on East Main Street in Moorestown...Mr. Johnson lived in the house until his death in November 1945." Thus, the connection between Moorestown and Nipper.