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Title Of Article Chaper
The world's biggest relief map gets an overdue facelift
Title Of Journal Book
Smithsonian
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
94-96 97
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The Babson College Great Relief Map was originally flnished in 1940 (the project having begun in 1924). Sixteen-hundred 17x12 inch blocks were built of cardboard with topographic details molded in plaster. Described is the refurbishing of the map: cleaning, repair, recasting, repainting in natural landscape colors, and updating. -- AATA
pub_id
8330