Vintage Cram's Political Terrestrial Globe - $900 in Brantford, Ontario for sale

Beautiful, Between-the-Wars Floor Globe

Terrestrial Floor Globe. GEORGE F. CRAM, CO. [Indianapolis, c. 1930s]
16 inch diameter/ Political/ Terrestrial Globe/ CRAM'S/ (Since 1867).
Full-size lighted globe on four-legged Duncan Phyfe style stand. Globe generally excellent, bright and clean, irregularities on wood stand to varnish. Light works.

Brilliant colour, oceans are blue-green, land various colours. Shipping lanes are marked with dashed lines and labeled with distances in miles. Ocean currents are indicated with yellow directional arrows. A reference key indicates the map scales and the symbols for warm and cold ocean currents, asserts that the spellings conform to official rulings adopted by the United States Geographic Board and Royal Geographical Society, and gives the model number, "No. 16." There is a figure-eight analemma in the Pacific Ocean.

Istanbul is shown, also indicating a date of after 1930, when the name change occurred. In addition, the globe shows Northern Territory in Australia, which replaced Central Territory on maps after 1931. Egypt shown as United Arab Rep.

The terrestrial globe is surmounted by an hour circle, raised numerals. Mahogany stand has a horizon band supported by four quadrants, a central turned standard with reeded baluster, on four molded downswept legs, ending in brass paw feet.

Scale 500 miles per inch

Similar globes found online listed for $1700 US and up. A unique piece.
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