This oversized globe is on display in the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown Massachusetts. It is 13 feet in circumference and about 53 inches in diameter. Though restored twice in 1940 (by Nelson Coon) and in 2004, the globe, consisting of 700 pieces of wood glued together, has never shown cracks. Papier-maché composition with emery represents the lands in painted colors. Noticeably, the inscription on its plate reads “Terrestrial globe made for the use of the blind by Steven P.Ruggles, 1837, at the expense of John Preston, Esq(uire)”.
[Photo Description]
This is a framed photograph of the first three-dimensional relief globe in America. In the photo with the wooden frame, a man is holding a big three-dimensional relief globe in a classroom. We can see South America and Africa and a part of Europe in the globe. The man is wearing a white shirt with black pants. In contrast to his professional attire, the way he holds the globe conveys some comical impression with his left arm holding the upper part of the globe while his right arm holding the bottom part of the globe.
