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Source Description
Back to School: Small, portable globes were intended for educational purposes, and were used by students in classrooms and in the home. Dennis Townsend, a Vermont schoolteacher, produced this collapsible, portable, and inexpensive globe for students as an alternative to the large, more expensive globes available mainly in schools and libraries.
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Document identity
localId
6t053q90k
label
Townsend's Patent folding globe
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053q90k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Townsend's Patent folding globe
description
Back to School: Small, portable globes were intended for educational purposes, and were used by students in classrooms and in the home. Dennis Townsend, a Vermont schoolteacher, produced this collapsible, portable, and inexpensive globe for students as an alternative to the large, more expensive globes available mainly in schools and libraries.
date
["1870"]
year
1870
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006357
creators
Townsend, Dennis, 1817-1874
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Globes
genreBasic
Maps
Objects
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Artifact
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston ; Felchville, Vt
publisher
George M. Smith & Co. ; D. Townsend
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 globe : hand col., paper ; 16 cm. in diam., folded to 24 cm. in diam., in cover 31 x 26 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Cover title.
Six inch globe.
Issued with a loop for hanging.
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no
dcId
6t053q90k
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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