Townsend's Patent Folding Globe
File name: 09_03_000083
Title: Townsend's Patent Folding Globe
Creator/Contributor: Dennis Townsend (1817-1874)
Created/Published:
Date created: 1869
Physical description: globe
Summary: Published in Boston by George M. Smith, this folding globe is constructed of cardboard and mounted on a wire frame. It was intended “to meet the long felt want of a cheap and portable” globe for the use of all, “particularly adapted for home instruction and for use in primary classes.” Townsend, the inventor of this globe, lived in Windsor County, Vermont.
As one of its specialized interests, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center collects 19th- and early 20th-century geographic educational materials including globes, text books, and puzzles in support of its educational outreach to school children.
Location: Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Rights: No known restrictions.
Townsend's Patent Folding Globe
File name: 09_03_000083
Title: Townsend's Patent Folding Globe
Creator/Contributor: Dennis Townsend (1817-1874)
Created/Published:
Date created: 1869
Physical description: globe
Summary: Published in Boston by George M. Smith, this folding globe is constructed of cardboard and mounted on a wire frame. It was intended “to meet the long felt want of a cheap and portable” globe for the use of all, “particularly adapted for home instruction and for use in primary classes.” Townsend, the inventor of this globe, lived in Windsor County, Vermont.
As one of its specialized interests, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center collects 19th- and early 20th-century geographic educational materials including globes, text books, and puzzles in support of its educational outreach to school children.
Location: Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Rights: No known restrictions.