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Bmore's Nipper one of only two remaining

We've al driven past it at least once -- the 18 foot sculpture of Nipper, the RCA advertising icon, sitting atop the Maryland Historical Society building. Well, did you know another city sports the very same sculpture?

Here's an excerpt:

"What do Baltimore and Albany have in common? Giant Nippers.

The cities sport the only remaining giant statues of the RCA Victor mascot that were placed atop RCA warehouses in the northeast in the 1950's.

Albany's (left) is the largest � 25 feet tall and weighing almost four tons. Its history was recounted this week by photographer Chuck Miller on his Times-Union blog. New York Nipper, erected in 1954, sits atop what is now Arnoff Moving and Storage in North Albany's early industrial warehouse district..."

Read the entire article here.

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