Category: Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday #41: Lemont Trilobites November 19th, 1950
This is Throwback Thursday #41. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Today, we will revisit Flashback Friday #40. It was posted originally as a Lemont Quarry trip in 1952. …
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Throwback Thursday #40: 25 and 50 Years Ago
This is Throwback Thursday #40. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! 25 Years Ago – January 1996 50 Years Ago – January 1971
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Throwback Thursday #39: Paleontological Ditty
This is Throwback Thursday #39. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Today we have poem from the July – August 1977 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s called “Paleontological…
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Throwback Thursday #38: Merry Mazon Christmas from ESCONI
This is Throwback Thursday #38. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! This is Synde and George Langford’s Christmas card in 1939. The picture is a view of the strip…
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Throwback Thursday #37: Revisiting the Field Trip to Pint’s Quarry in Raymond, Iowa on May 8th 1977
This is Throwback Thursday #37. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! For Throwback Thursday #3, we recalled a field trip to Pint’s Quarry in Raymond, Iowa on May 8th,…
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Throwback Thursday #36: Fossil in the Crannied Wall
This is Throwback Thursday #36. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Today we have another poem from the 1950s. This one is by B.J. Babbitt from January 1952. He…
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Throwback Thursday #35: Holiday Party 2018 With Dr. Peter Makovicky
This is Throwback Thursday #35. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The 2018 Holiday Party featured Dr. Peter Makovicky then from the Field Museum speaking about the new Antarctic…
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Throwback Thursday #34: The 2010 Show
This is Throwback Thursday #34. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Enjoy these photos from the 2010 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! The greeting crew: Irene, Karen and…
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Throwback Thursday #33: Field Trip Sylvania, OH in 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #33. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Sylvania, OH has long been a destination to collect great fossils. Back in May 2020, we did Fossil…
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Throwback Thursday #32: Field Trip to a Riverside, IL Quarry in 1959
Here are some pictures of a field trip by ESCONI juniors to a “Riverside” quarry in 1959. Unfortunately, the location for this trip was not recorded, but a little research in the newsletters of the time yielded the following announcement in the December 1959 edition of the newsletter.
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Throwback Thursday #31: The Nanotyrannus Find on the Burpee 2002 Montana Expedition
This is Throwback Thursday #31. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Jane was discovered during the Burpee Museum’s paleontology expedition to Montana’s Hell Creek Formation back in 2001. The…
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Throwback Thursday #30: Winter’s Field Trip
This is Throwback Thursday #30. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! In the past, many of the issues of our newsletter Earth Science News ended with a poem from…
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Throwback Thursday #29: Best Fossil 2015
For a few years, the Paleontology Study Group held a Best Fossil contest for National Fossil Day. The first one was back in 2015. We had some awesome specimens. Here are some photo highlights from that day.
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Throwback Thursday #28: Photos of Braidwood Coal Mining 1960
Here are a few photos of the Braidwood coal mines in 1960. Some very large drag lines and and cranes were used to remove the coal.
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Throwback Thursday #27: Field Trip to Morris for Mazon Creek Fossils September 1976
This is Throwback Thursday #27. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here is a selection of photos from a field trip to Morris, IL to collect Mazon Creek fossils. …
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Throwback Thursday #26: 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora
This is Throwback Thursday #26. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! If you are looking for an interesting history channel on Youtube, give the History Guy a chance. A…
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Throwback Thursday #25: Hunting Ghosts, Blobs, and Assorted Monsters in Illinois’ Coal Age Nodules
This is Throwback Thursday #25. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The following is an article by Cecilia Duluk about the fossil blobs (and monsters) found in Mazon Creek…
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Throwback Thursday #24: Coal Mining History Around Coal City
This is Throwback Thursday #24. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Over on the Coal City website, there’s a page on the history of Coal City. In the 1850’s,…
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Throwback Thursday #23: History of Coal Mining in Illinois
This is Throwback Thursday #23. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Waynes World of History and Genealogy has a great series of pages on the history of coal mining…
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Throwback Thursday #22: Field Trip To Lutz Quarry Near Oshkosh, WI in 1954
This is Throwback Thursday #22. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! These are pictures of a field trip to Lutz Quarry near Oskosh Wisconsin in 1954. Lutz Quarry had…
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Throwback Thursday #21: Field Trip To Rosiclare For Fluorite April 25th 1958
This is Throwback Thursday #21. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Fluorite is the Illinois State Mineral. For a while, ESCONI had field trips to southern Illinois to collect…
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Throwback Thursday #20: Rediscovering a Dinosaur Named Elmer
The Field Museum has a blog post about a dinosaur named for Elmer Riggs. Elmer the man, was the Field Museum’s first field paleontologist. He collected fossils on multiple continents (North and South America). He was employed by the Field Museum from 1899 until he retired in 1942. Although he found countless specimens for the…
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Throwback Thursday #19: ESCONI Show 2009
This is Throwback Thursday #19. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some photos from the 2009 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. Wow, there’s a whole bunch…
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Throwback Thursday #18: Field Trip To Galena, IL August 8 – 9, 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #18. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some pictures from a field trip to Galena, IL that was held from August 8th to…
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Throwback Thursday #17: Patches, Emblems, and Logos
This is Throwback Thursday #17. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some ESCONI patches and logos through the years. The first few date to the 1960s. This…
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Throwback Thursday #16: Membership Dues 1953
This is Throwback Thursday #16. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Membership dues in 1953 were $2 for an active member and 75 cents for a junior member. If…
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Throwback Thursday #15: “The Ravin” from 1951
This is Throwback Thursday #15. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! In the early years of ESCONI, back in the 1950s, there was at least one if not more…
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Throwback Thursday #14: Geodes!
This is Throwback Thursday #14. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! For many years, there was a geode hunting field trip to western Illinois. That trip would coincide with…
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Throwback Thursday #13: Field Museum Photo Archives
This is Throwback Thursday #13. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! I recently found a Field Museum Tumblr blog called “Field Museum Photo Archives”. It has many great photos…
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Throwback Thursday #12: George Langford Night, June 13th, 1958
This is Throwback Thursday #12. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! June 13th, 1958 was George Langford Night. It celebrated the publication of “Fossil Flora and Fauna of the…
