Replogle

Replogle is the world's largest manufacturer of globes.[1]

This article is about the globe company. For the industrialist, see J. Leonard Replogle.
Lunar globe by Replogle at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.

References
  1. Globe Studies: The Journal of the International Coronelli Society. Vol. 53–59. 2007. p. 139.
  2. "Global Vision: A Brief History of Replogle".
  3. "Replogle Globes".


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