A.J. Nystrom (importer & seller)
12-Inch Suspension Terrestrial Globe
W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd., London: c. 1930s
12 inches diameter, globe
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Nystrom Suspension Globe
12-Inch Terrestrial Hanging Globe
12-Inch Terrestrial Hanging Globe
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The terrestrial globe is mounted within a calibrated metal full meridian, with attached rotating hanging fixture threaded with a rope. Geographical entities are shown in multi colors, oceans green. Suspension, or hanging, globes were meant to hang from classroom ceilings, where they were lowered via a pulley system for the lesson and raised for storage.
A catalog of the period for Johnston-made “Suspension Globes” advertises 12- and 18-inch examples, with sash or ball weight, as follows:
The hanging form of mounting a globe has been demonstrated to be the most practical method ever devised for school room use. The globes are suspended by means of a strong sash cord with counterbalancing weights and can be raised and lowered at will. When not in use it is up out of the way, suspended as a globe should be, poised in space. Its accessibility and ease of manipulation cause it to be used forty times where a stand globe would be used once.
For biographical information on A. J. Nystrom, please see our Guide to Globe Makers.
Circular cartouche: 12 Inch/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ by/ W. & A. K. JOHNSTON,/ LIMITED/ Geographers/ Engravers/ “Printers”/ EDINBURGH/ A. J. NYSTROM & Co./ Sole United States Agents, CHICAGO.
Legend under cartouche: Scale/ Statue Miles/ 1 inch on globe represents 660 miles on earth/ International Date Line [red line]/ PRINTED By W. & A. K. JOHNSTON Ltd./ EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.