Photo by Rich Amole @Blogfinger. 2014
By Rich Amole, Blogfinger history reporter/researcher.
Paul:
“The best type of snow is the one that doesn’t need to be shoveled. Above is a real cool Snow Globe with the Great Auditorium inside. Snow Globes were designed to be paper weights but ended up being more of a collectible item of places visited.
Originally of European origin, they crossed the Atlantic in the 1920’s with the first patented one in the late 1920’s in the USA. Some of these marvelous items have music boxes attached. I could venture a guess on when this one was manufactured, but perhaps a reader may fill us in or even own one.
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That is quite a unique looking snow globe, Rich!