George Franklin Cram as a company goes back to the US civil war. George himself was a veteran of the US civil war. Once he left the army in march 1867, George and his uncle founded Cram, the company. At first the company manufactured atlas's and maps. They were in fact the first map and atlas publisher to use relief on maps, a type of shading that represents the height of mountains or the depth of oceans. George Cram created the worlds most popular atlas called "unrivalled atlas of the world" which printed from the 1880's all the way until 1952.
George eventually sold his company to one of his largest customers, E.A. Peterson of the National Map Company. He later passed away in 1928 at the age of 86.
In 1932 Cram, still bearing Georges name, began producing world globes like the above. In 1936, the company moved again to 730 E Washington street in Indianapolis.
Cram specialised in educational products for schools from 1937 until 1966, becoming the first American company to sell mainly into education. It is thanks to Cram that most children in America and now in England have globes in their classrooms.
In modern times Cram is still the worlds leading educational world globe supplier. Cram globes are available all over the world, now available as floorstanding models. Look out for the pale cream ocean on the globe to determine that it is a cram globe.
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