1824 24 Sept. 100/4 (advt.) The [Druggist's] Shop Fixtures..comprise..24 large Show Globes, 12 Glasses with Covers, Mortars and Pestles, [etc.].
1920 June 20/1 Wherever one may go he will find the show globe as the sign and symbol of pharmacy.
2014 L. C. Webster i. 9 American drugstores also displayed show globes.