Rand McNally 18-Inch Table Globe
19th Century
19th Century
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Rand, McNally & Co. 18-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe Chicago: c. 1894 29 inches high Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items. |
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The terrestrial globe canted at an angle on axis arm, raised on a cast-iron bronze-tone-finished tripod stand with raised stemmed flower, foliate, and rococo decoration, and having three cabriole legs with cabochons at the knees ending in paw feet. With key for Submarine Telegraph Cables, Mean Isothermal Lines for January and July. Oklahoma, shown in part, as Indian Territory. Mostly two toned, light green oceans, cream colored continents. This globe was lent by the George Glazer Gallery to a "A Moment in Time--The Twentieth Century at A Glance," A San Francisco Airport Commission Exhibition held in fall 1999. It was included to show the world at the turn of the Century, at the starting point of the exhibit. Rand McNally, a prominent map publisher, began globe production in Chicago in the late 19th Century. For more information see our Guide to Globe Makers. Oval Cartouche: RAND, MCNALLY & CO'S/ NEW/ EIGHTEEN INCH/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE Legend in South Pacific Ocean Rand, McNally & Co's New/ Eighteen Inch Terrestrial Globe/ Copyright, 1894, by Rand, McNally & Co. |
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