Skip to main content
Advanced Search
1984.119.0 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Globe
1984.119.0 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Globe

ManufacturerManufactured by Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co. American
Date1850-1900
MediumWood, paper, steel wire, plaster and black paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter of base): 13 x 7 1/2in. (33 x 19.1cm)
ClassificationsInstruments
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSmall terrestrial globe on black turned wood pedestal. Seas on the globe are blue and the continents are yellow, bounded by red borders.
Object number1984.119.0
MarkingsSmall printed medallion just off California coast in the Pacific Ocean: "Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co/ Hartford, Ct./ 152 Fulton St., N.Y."
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1981.42.7 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Globe
    Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co.
    1850-1900
    Humidograph with Key
    Humidograph with Key
    The Bristol Company
    1930s
    Image Not Available for Compass
    Compass
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2013.98.2 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Plumb Bob
    Stanley Tools
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.85a © 2016 The Connectic…
    Suture Needle
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Image Not Available for Tall Case Clock
    Tall Case Clock
    William Francis Joseph Boardman
    1911
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.80a-bb © 2016 The Connec…
    Apothecary Balance
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.81a-t © 2016 The Connect…
    Portable Balance
    Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
    Gift of The May Department Stores Company, 1993.10.1 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society…
    Sign for G. Fox & Co.
    G. Fox and Co.
    1880-1994
    Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
    Orchestral Organette and Music Scrolls
    Wilcox & White Organ Co.
    about 1885
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.14 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Slide Rule
    Richard Welling
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.13 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Ellipsograph with Box
    Richard Welling
    eMuseum
    Copyright © eMuseum