paper mache sphere, hand-colored copper plate engravings, brass meridian ring, wooden (oak) stand
Dimensions:
3-D (Assembled with base, see note): 109.2 × 109.2 × 133.3cm, 79.8kg (3 ft. 7 in. × 3 ft. 7 in. × 4 ft. 4 1/2 in., 176lb.)
Type:
MEMORABILIA-Miscellaneous
Summary:
Juan Trippe's Globe
From his office in New York City, Pan American president Juan T. Trippe used this globe to plan his airline's expansion around the world. Trippe often would stretch a string between two points on the globe and calculate the distance and time it would take for his airliners to fly between them. Made in the late 1800s, this globe was featured prominently in many publicity photos of Trippe, and it became part of Pan Am's and Trippe's public image.
