An exquisite machine age slated project globe (c 1945)

The bold black, blue and yellow color scheme helps enhance this fantastic industrial look; It’s the perfect machine age statement piece. The clean, minimalistic design offered the opportunity to write on the surface with chalk. You could have students add longitude, latitude, countries and more. These globes were not only popular in public schools (it can be seen in The breakfast Club library) but also an important element for military academies such as Naval and Air force training facilities. Denoyer-Geppert described this as a “Slated Outline Activity Globe” and sold it as an exceptional geographical tool.

The globe consists of a hollow spun metal blue orb with black slated land masses and can be written on with chalk. The orb has a diameter of 20 inches and total height is about 3 feet. Well preserved, the globe does not have any dents. Colors are bold, minor age related discoloration of the oceans and some corrosion. Please ask for additional photos in detail. With this artifact you will also receive a facsimile copy from an original advertisement catalog. This is a very heavy artifact (the stand is made of solid cast metal). We will deliver worldwide though shipping charges will be significant.

About Denoyer Geppert: Founded in Chicago by L. Philip Denoyer and Otto E. Geppert, both former employees of the US branch of W. & A.K. Johnston of Scotland & Nystrom (supplied many Chicago globe makers with printed gores). In its early years, the firm promoted itself as a manufacturer and supplier of "visual demonstration equipment for geography, history and the biological sciences," including globes and maps. Denoyer-Geppert sold imported British globes under its own name, and also developed its own line of American manufactured globes, including the "Cartocraft" globe with simplified map gores. In 1969, the company introduced its Lunar Globe in conjunction with NASA in recognition of the Apollo 10 Journey to the moon. The crew of the Apollo 10 presented the first Lunar Globe based on the pictures provided by Apollo 10 to President Nixon at a White House Event . The firm continued to produce globes until the early 1980s. Rand McNally purchased the remains of Denoyer-Geppert, terminated the globe manufacturing branch and sold the chart and scientific model part in 1985. Today the remains of the original company operate as the Denoyer-Geppert Science Co., manufacturing and selling “Human anatomy teaching models.”

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