W. & A.K. Johnston, London (gores maker)
Weber Costello Company, Chicago (globe assembler)
G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd., London: Copyright (as printed on globe)
Northwest School Furniture Company, Oregon (seller)
8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
c. 1930s
16.5 inches high
12 inches diameter horizon band
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8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Northwest School Furniture Company, c. 1930s
Northwest School Furniture Company, c. 1930s
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The terrestrial globe surmounted by metal hour disc, in full meridian calibrated on each side (made of iron, with copper finish on the edge and on the raised calibrated lines and numbers), the meridian adjustable within semi-circular holder, all within circular Costello horizon band (incorporating months, zodiac, time, in concentric calibrated circles in faded tones of pink, green, yellow, blue, and orange), raised on a tripod copper-finished iron stand with foliate decorated tapered stem, cabochon decoration between the cabriole legs, ending in paw feet.
The globe gores were probably made by W. & A.K. Johnston, England, assembled on the globe and stand by Weber Costello, Chicago, for sale by a Northwest School Furn. Co., a school supply house. Isothermal lines in red and blue, ocean currents in white and blue. Green oceans, and colored land masses in green and off-white. Figure 8 analemma.
For more information on the Chicago school of globe makers, see our Guide to Globemakers.
The horizon band is circular, based on the design of Thomas Costello, and bears the legend in the January section "COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY T.H. COSTELLO."
Circular Pasted Overlabel West of Australia: 8 INCH [printed on globe above cartouche]/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ NORTHWEST SCHOOL/ FURNITURE CO./ Portland, Oregon
Tables under Cartouche:
Table under cartouche regarding longitudes and latitudes
REFERENCE/ Isothermal lines for January/ Isoterhmal lines for July/ International Date Line/ War Currents White Cold Currents Blue
COPYRIGHT BY G.W. BACON & CO. LTD. LONDON