George F. Cram 12-Inch Unrivaled Globe
c. 1930s

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Cram 12 Inch Table Globe with Silver/Grey Oceans
detail: cartouche
George F. Cram
12-Inch Unrivaled Table Globe
Chicago: c. 1930s
17 inches high
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The terrestrial globe surmounted by an hour circle, in graduated semi-circular meridian on a circular turned mahogany plinth stand.

Oceans colored gray/silver. Land masses shaded yellow, orange, pink, green, purple. Warm and cold currents indicated by arrows. Steamship routes indicated by hatched red line. Figure-8 analemma. Palestine shown. Manchoukuo shown.

Antarctica marked: Reached South Pole, Amundsen 1911 * Sledge, Scott 1912 * Sledge, Byrd 1929 * Airplane

North Pole marked: Reached North Pole, Peary 1909 * Sledge, Byrd 1926 * Airplane, Amundsen 1926 * Dirigible

Round Cartouche: CRAM'S/ UNRIVALED/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ 12 INCH/ Made by/ THE GEORGE F. CRAM CO./ INDIANAPOLIS,/ INDIANA/ ©.


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