I just LOVE globes... seeing the whole world on my shelf is so fun, and reminds me of my school days and my fascination with studying geography and peoples of different countries. Do they still have globes on teacher's desks any more?
I have been a collector since I was a child.... mostly aimless & pointless collections. Nothing very valuable, not too trendy, and rarely in mint condition. Just a plethora of "stuff" that I've had fun adding to through the years. If I have at least 3, I consider it a collection. I'll be posting a different collection daily, Monday through Friday, and spotlighting some other marvelous collections I've discovered on the weekends. I hope you stop by often!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
COLLECTION #40: Vintage Globes
I just LOVE globes... seeing the whole world on my shelf is so fun, and reminds me of my school days and my fascination with studying geography and peoples of different countries. Do they still have globes on teacher's desks any more?
I only have one large globe, an early 1980s Cram Imperial which I've had since new, but one of your older ones looks like the one my brother had as a kid. I have a small one mounted on top of a pencil sharpener too. Love the Christmas ornament one. I have quite a collection of atlases, the earliest of which is undated (typical for a British book of that era) but is probably about 1920, as it includes a section on WWI. Always a firm favourite of mine are the old Reader's Digest atlases. We had a 1960s version when I was a kid, and once I had the money I bought a new one for myself in the late 1970s. Still have it.
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