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Fold-O-Globe The Modern War and Reference Map

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09619.007 Author/Creator: Fold-O-Globe Place Written: Los Angeles, California Type: Ephemera Date: 1943 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy

One item identified as a Fold-O-Globe patented by Gerald A. Eddy dated 1943. Contains four pages of different sections of the world showing every continent. Specifically notes the Axis presence throughout the war.

Eddy, Gerald A., 1889-1967

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