1428 - Globes & Astronomy - Bookends: Earth Globe and Celestial Globe. Berlin, circa 1950; the Earth globe is labeled "Columbus Student Roll Globe, with a protractor by Engineer Robert Haardt, D.R.P., Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard KG Berlin Stuttgart”; the celestial globe is labeled “Columbus Celestial Globe, edited by Prof. Dr. Johannes Riem, executed by cartographer C. Luther, Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard, Berlin and Stuttgart”; the globes are papier-mâché spheres covered with 12 color-printed paper segments, featuring chrome-plated half-meridians with 2 x 90° graduations; the globe stands are made of bent plywood. Globe diameter: approx. 11 cm each. Height: approx. 16 cm.

Globes & Astronomy - Bookends: Earth Globe and Celestial Globe. Berlin, circa 1950; the Earth globe is labeled "Columbus Student Roll Globe, with a protractor by Engineer Robert Haardt, D.R.P., Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard KG Berlin Stuttgart”; the celestial globe is labeled “Columbus Celestial Globe, edited by Prof. Dr. Johannes Riem, executed by cartographer C. Luther, Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard, Berlin and Stuttgart”; the globes are papier-mâché spheres covered with 12 color-printed paper segments, featuring chrome-plated half-meridians with 2 x 90° graduations; the globe stands are made of bent plywood. Globe diameter: approx. 11 cm each. Height: approx. 16 cm. A pair of bookends featuring a terrestrial and a celestial globe. Berlin, c. 1950; both spheres feature 12 color-printed globe gores mounted on a cardboard sphere, graduated half-meridians, and plywood stands. Diameter of each: approx. 11 cm; height: approx. 16 cm.