Brass Terrestrial Globe, United States by George F. Cram
About this piece
The Pacific gets most of the attention here, as it should, being most of the planet.
This terrestrial globe was made in the United States by George F. Cram in the early 20th century, before World War II, in plaster, paper, brass and wood. The Cram company, founded in Chicago and later based in Indianapolis, was among the best-known American makers of maps and school and desk globes. Printed paper gores show pale green oceans and yellow, pink and tan landmasses, with an analemma drawn in the Pacific. A brass band circles the sphere, and a curved brass arm holds it above a turned wooden base. It is 10 inches high and 8 in diameter.
A small world, and a fairly tidy one, considering.








