There has been many questions and few answers about the authenticity of this globe from Kansas. The one in the photo here is an early undated known reproduction. The story goes, from reliable sources, that back in the 1970s an original was supposedly found in the attic of a bulk plant in Kansas. From that known original several undated reproductions were later made and sold by a company in Oklahoma. We have never seen the original if it exists. Supposedly there was an original offered on eBay a few months back but we could not verify whether that was an actual original or not. So, when you see this globe, you can assume it is not real because of an original exists it is still owned by its founder from the information we have gathered.