Accession No

6087

Brief Description

‘The Story of the Globe’ instruction booklet to accompany Replogle globes; 1974; by Replogle Globes; Chicago, USA

Origin

Chicago; Illinois; USA

Maker

Replogle Globes Inc.

Class

astronomy; ephemera; demonstration; books

Earliest Date

1974

Latest Date

1974

Inscription Date

1974

Material

paper

Dimensions

215mm length; 134mm width

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from a private individual via eBay on or before 11/07/2006.

Inscription

‘The story of the Globe
How to use and enjoy your Replogle globe’ [on front of booklet]

Description Notes

‘The Story of the Globe’ instruction and information booklet to accompany Replogle globes; 1974; by Replogle Globes; Chicago, USA

Full colour throughout; 31 pages.

Text written by Mercedes Guyette, including: ‘Seeing the world on a globe’, ‘The story of the Globe’, ‘The Globe in the space age’, ‘finding places on your globe’. Also contains information on weather and climate, seasons, time zones, time and distance and the solar system and the first man on the moon.

Also includes an index of places shown on the globe.

Condition good; front cover is worn and has a tear at the bottom along the edge of the spine.

References

Events

Description
The Story of the Globe by Mercedes Guyette was the instruction booklet that accompanied each globe of the Earth (terrestrial globe) sold by Replogle Globes. It provides a brief history of globes and projections, as well as a general history of globe-making. The globe-making section of the booklet ends with a discussion on James Wilson who, according to Guyette, was America’s first globe-maker. Also included in the booklet are instructions on how to make measurements using the globe. The copyright of this guide is dated 1974. Replogle Globes was founded in the 1930s by Luther Replogle, a school supply salesman who believed that there was a wider market for globes than in school classrooms. For his first globes, Replogle used gores from English manufacturers, and after a decade of business, Replogle Globes had become an established and prolific manufacturer of school globes. The company continues to produce a variety of globes to this day.

14/01/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 14/01/2014

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