Description
The globe sits loosely in a white plastic stand, supported by three curved uprights, on tapered stem and round base. The box is decorated with a paste-down color picture of the moon and rocket. The 14-page accordion-fold educational booklet, titled Lunar Globe Log Book, contains information about the moon and globe. It also has a log of moon exploration events beginning with Luna I, the first lunar exploration satellite launched by the USSR on January 2, 1959, to Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the moon on July 20, 1969. The log continues with a lined page on which to continue to record moon exploration events. The rest of the pamphlet reproduces photographs of the moon’s surface taken from spacecraft.
J. Chein & Co. was an American toy and housewares company that produced a number of educational globes, globe coin banks and novelty globes. Read more about them in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Reference:
Jaffe, Alan. “The Chein Company: Toys, Tins and Wastebaskets.” Inside Collector. June 1995. Online at About.com. http://collectibles.about.com/od/companyprofiles/a/cheinco1.htm (12 August 2009).
