The Replogle Family Patio on the grounds of the
NC Art Museum
The name Replogle has been synonymous with globes since the company’s founding in 1930. The company is named after founder Luther I. Replogle, a onetime school supplies salesman that saw a need for globes in every home.
Luther and his wife Elizabeth Replogle, known as “Rep” and “Bets”, started the company in their apartment and an adjacent basement with $500 borrowed from friends. After a rocky start during the dawn of the Great Depression, the new company’s first big break came when the eminent Chicago retailer, Marshall Field and Company (Now part of Macy’s) selected Replogle to produce a globe for the Chicago Century of Progress World’s Fair in 1933.
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The cup shaped rain gutters are very unusual and look so much more attractive than a standard down pipe.
ReplyDeleteTHose are the darndest rain gutters EVER! Love those.
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ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting history... and the downpipes are fabulous! I imagine they will be fun to watch - almost like water features! YAM xx
Interesting bit of trivia about the globes. Now those are some gutters to be proud to display! Have a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteThe artistic gutter is truly eye catching.
ReplyDeleteMom has always wanted to get rain chains like that.
ReplyDeletethe gutter cups are amazing. Now i am wondering how I lived my whole life without a globe? ha ha.. also wondering about my family because none of us had a globe. Now we carry the globe in our phone. I do remember that every library had several for us to look at, but I was not interested like I am now
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting trip to your favorite park. The Replogle family history was interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteThere's someone who lives across the street and down a few houses from us that has an interesting rain gutter - not cups - looks like a bell with a ring around it but I'm told when rain falls on it, it has tones like music. Pretty cool. I may see if I can find that online.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam
Those rain gutter are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI like those rain gutters too. XO
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see them in action to see what they look like.
ReplyDeleteThat looks very smart, and interesting. A new day in architecture.
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