Replogle
{{Short description|American globe manufacturer}}
{{about|the globe company|the industrialist|J. Leonard Replogle}}
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Replogle is the world's largest manufacturer of globes.{{cite book|title=Globe Studies: The Journal of the International Coronelli Society|year=2007 |volume=53-59|page=139|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XpOAQAAIAAJ}}
History
Replogle Globes was started by Luther Replogle (1902-1981) when, in 1930, he began selling globes which he crafted by hand in his apartment in Chicago, using maps from England.{{cite web|title=Global Vision: A Brief History of Replogle|url=http://www.replogleglobes.com/aboutReplogle.php}} His vision was to make globes a common feature in people's households, rather than something found only in academic settings. Luther Replogle co-founded Scanglobe in 1963. After Luther Replogle's death in 1981, Replogle Globes purchased Scanglobe's remaining interest in 1988, and moved the company to the United States in 2003 as a Replogle brand.{{cite web|title=Replogle Globes|url=http://www.1worldglobes.com/1WorldGlobes/replogle-globes.htm}}
Products
Replogle makes metal globes, light-up globes (in glass [vintage], cardboard, and plastic), inflatable plastic globes, transparent globes, a cube-shaped globe, and a variety of globe stands. In addition to globes of Earth, Replogle also makes globes of Venus, Mars, the Moon, and the celestial sphere.
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External links
- [http://www.replogleglobes.com Replogle website]
- [https://reploglefoundation.org/about/ Luther I. Replogle Foundation]
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Category:Companies based in Chicago
Category:Map companies of the United States
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1930
Category:1930 establishments in Illinois
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