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All Shook Up About Snow Globes
The National Glass Centre in Britain hails snow globes as “tourism’s single greatest contribution to popular culture, ” and who could argue?
A history of globes around he globe
This whimsical creation was born of dull origins: Its predecessor* was likely a paperweight.
Europe: One of the earliest mentions of a snow globe dates to 1878, at an international art and industry exhibition in Paris. At that time, the snow globes were more of a Victorian upper-crust* souvenir. But the first to really grab much attention was a commemorative* globe of the Eiffel Tower, introduced at the Paris Exposition in 1889.
Untied States: Germany began exporting them to the United States in the 1920s, the same decade when a Pittsburgh , Joseph Garaja, started to produce them in America. By the end of the 1930s, McMichael writes, “America was awash in* waterglobes.” During the World War Ⅱ era, there was a of patriotic globes.
Asia: Starting in Europe in 1950, plastic globes entered the market, and mass production was upon us. In the latter part of the decade, producers turned to Asia to create original scenes and unusual shapes.
Modern-day globes
The snow globe fell out of favor* in the 1970s and early ‘80s, but by mid-decade there was a resurgence*. Stores and catalogs began selling globes, like the annual Neiman Marcus musical globes, which is inspired by the year’s catalog cover art.
Who has the largest collection?
At one point, that honor might’ve gone to McMichael: she had more than 6,000 domes in her collection. Over the years, McMichael has sold many of her globes: 500 of them went to the National Glass Centre, where they’re part of an exhibit. So with her collection pared down* to about 1,000, she thinks the new crown might belong to Linda Muether, an American woman who reportedly has somewhere in the neighborhood of 6,000.
Vocabulary Focus
predecessor (n) ---something which comes before another thing in time or in a series
upper-crust (adj) ---referring to people who have the highest social position and are usually rich
awash in (something) (adj phr) ---having an amount of something which is larger than necessary or desirable
fall out of favor (idiom) ---to no longer be popular or fashionable
resurgence (n) ---a new increase of interest in something which had been forgotten for some time
pare down (phr v) ---to reduce something, especially by a large amount
somewhere in the neighborhood of (idiom) ---approximately
Specialized terms
commemorative (adj)--- 纪念的 serving to show honor to the memory of an important person or event in a special way
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