Trippensee Planetarium Company, A School Tellurium, Detroit, Michigan. ca. 1830’s 04_19_23 The immediacy of his images

The immediacy of his images is irresistible

the 1840s was the boom decade of the Oregon Trail

the Hudson's Bay Company was reporting that the expedition would likely increase the U

Despite this

eventually heading to what is now Kansas to find the supposedly rich city of Quivira

Trippensee Planetarium Company, A School Tellurium, Detroit, Michigan. ca. 1830’s 04_19_23 The immediacy of his imagesTrippensee Planetarium CompanyA School Tellurium The tellurium based around a turned wooden pilk, surmounted by an inch brass ball (representing the sun), with a small plaster planet (Mars) on a wire. Extending out from the pillar, an arm with metal tag with makers name. At the end of the arm is a 3 inch Rand McNally globe, and plaster moon ball, the planets all connected by chain gearing so that as the arm moves the planets rotate. Detroit, Michigan.