American Globe and School Supply Company
6-Inch Terrestrial Globe
Chicago: c. 1927
10 inches high
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The terrestrial globe canted on an angle on iron axis arm, raised on nickel-plated cast-iron tripod base with points between the cabriole legs and pad feet. The globe most likely by W. & A.K. Johnston with the American Globe and School Supply Company overlabel. St. Petersburg present indicating before 1914, isothermal lines shown.
W. & A.K. Johnston was a British manufacturer whose globes were imported and sold by American manufacturers under their own imprint. For more information see our Guide to Globe Makers.
Round Cartouche Overlabel: AMERICAN/ GLOBE AND SCHOOL/ SUPPLY COMPANY