Giant Among Globes -- This 11-foot-diameter world globe, a magnificent achievement in cartographic and engineering skills, dominates Explorers Hall, the National Geographic Society's new museum of discovery and exploration on the ground floor of its new headquarters building. The globe can be maneuvered in any direction and to any position from the portable console in left foreground. Standing at the console are Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor (right), president and editor of National Geographic; Dr. Melvin M. Payne (center), executive vice president and secretary of the Society; and Ralph E. McAleer (left), the Society's chief cartographer, who directed design and construction of the unique globe. The thousand-pound shpere, built by Atkins & Merrill, Incorporated of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is set in a black granite fountain and pool. Explorers Hall will be open to the public beginning January 20, 1964.

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Giant Among Globes -- This 11-foot-diameter world globe, a magnificent achievement in cartographic and engineering skills, dominates Explorers Hall, the National Geographic Society's new museum of discovery and exploration on the ground floor of its new headquarters building. The globe can be maneuvered in any direction and to any position from the portable console in left foreground. Standing at the console are Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor (right), president and editor of National Geographic; Dr. Melvin M. Payne (center), executive vice president and secretary of the Society; and Ralph E. McAleer (left), the Society's chief cartographer, who directed design and construction of the unique globe. The thousand-pound shpere, built by Atkins & Merrill, Incorporated of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is set in a black granite fountain and pool. Explorers Hall will be open to the public beginning January 20, 1964.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Globes
Date:
[ca. January 1964]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Globes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 258 mm
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Globe
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001227_0013
Barcode:
39999088103237