Category: Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday #270: Believe It Or Not
This is Throwback Thursday #270. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. We have a poem about collecting… collecting fossils. artifacts, minerals, and just rocks. It’s easy to over…
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Throwback Thursday #269: Field Museum Megatherium
This is Throwback Thursday #269. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. If you’ve been to the Field Museum in the last 100 years or so, you’ve invariably ran…
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Throwback Thursday #268: Looking Back At ESCONI For June 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #268. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. 25 Years Ago – June 2000 50 Years Ago – June 1975 70 Years Ago – June…
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Throwback Thursday #267: Old Cars
This is Throwback Thursday #267. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. We have something a little different today. We post many old photos here and quite a few…
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Throwback Thursday #266: Braidwood Area Historical Society III
This is Throwback Thursday #266. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. We visited the Braidwood Historical Society last weekend to drop of some more chunks of coal. They…
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Throwback Thursday #265: Old Books at MAPS
This is Throwback Thursday #265. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. Paul Gritis Books is a mainstay at the Mid-America Paleontology Society’s EXPO. He was there again in…
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Throwback Thursday #264: MAPS #5 and #31
MAPS EXPO 2025 starts tomorrow May 8th through 9th in Springfield, IL at the Joe Orr Building in the Illinois State Fairgrounds. MAPS (Mid-American Paleontology Society) was founded in 1978. It claims to be the largest fossil only show in the world.
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Throwback Thursday #263: Looking Back At ESCONI For May 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #263. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. AMNH Sylvania, Ohio – Trilobites in the Heartland AMNH Eldredgeops milleri 25 Years Ago – May 2000…
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Throwback Thursday #262: Time for Spring Cleaning at the Field Museum
This is Throwback Thursday #262. 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 Field Museum had a recent post about Spring Cleaning over on LinkedIn. 🪶 Feather dusting Akeley’s Fighting…
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Throwback Thursday #261: Roger Bohn
This is Throwback Thursday #261. 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! We are saddened to share that Roger Bohn (1932–2024) passed away in October 2024. Roger served as ESCONI’s…
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Throwback Thursday #260: New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU)
This is Throwback Thursday #260. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. William (Bill) Allaway was one of the founding members of ESCONI in 1949. And actually, the first…
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Throwback Thursday #259: Looking Back At ESCONI For April 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #259. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. 25 Years Ago – April 2000 50 Years Ago – April 1975 70 Years Ago – April…
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Throwback Thursday #258: Field Museum in March 1920
This is Throwback Thursday #258. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The Field Museum moved into its current home in March of 1920. In a recent post on…
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Throwback Thursday #257: RIP Richard Fortey
This is Throwback Thursday #257. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. I was saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Fortey last week. He was a towering…
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Throwback Thursday #256: Scenes from the 2018 Show
This is Throwback Thursday #256. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. Here are some scenes from the 2018 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show, which was held on…
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Throwback Thursday #255: Looking Back At ESCONI For March 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #255. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. 25 Years Ago – March 2000 50 Years Ago – March 1975 70 Years Ago – March…
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Throwback Thursday #254: ESCONI Member Demographics in 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #254. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The Chairman’s Message in the May 1959 edition of the ESCONI newsletter detailed interesting statistics on the…
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Throwback Thursday #253: Field Trip to the Field Museum in February 1971
This is Throwback Thursday #253. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. ESCONI had a field trip to the Field Museum in February 1971. This announcement appeared in the…
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Throwback Thursday #252: Field Trip to Thornton Quarry – April 24th, 1955
This is Throwback Thursday #252. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. If you live on the southside of Chicago, you are probably aware of the large holes on…
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Throwback Thursday #251: Looking Back At ESCONI For February 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #251. 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! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. 25 Years Ago – February 2000 50 Years Ago – February 1975 70 Years Ago – February…
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Throwback Thursday #250: Andy Hay Speaks at Lizzadro on Mazon Creek Plants – March 10th, 2001
Andy Hay was a dedicated ESCONI member, joining in 1976 and remaining active until the very end. He contributed significantly to the organization, writing the Creature Corner column in the ESCONI bulletin for many years. His work was crucial in the development of the ESCONI Keys books… “Keys to Identify Pennsylvanian Fossil Plants of the…
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Throwback Thursday #249: Index of Throwback Thursday Posts
Here’s a handy index of our Throwback Thursday posts. This should make it easy to look up any posts.
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Throwback Thursday #248: The Afternoon Search #history
This is Throwback Thursday #248. 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 poem written by Muriel Menzel of the Blackhawk Gem and Mineral Club. The title is…
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Throwback Thursday #247: The Gemini Giant of Wilmington, Illinois
Mazon Creek fossil history has long been entangled with the history of Route 66, also known as the Mother Road. We’ve had a few posts that relate to Route 66, see Throwback Thursday #127 about Piano Hill and Throwback Thursday #237 about Bruce Stinchcomb.
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Throwback Thursday #246: Looking Back at ESCONI for January 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #246. 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 2000 50 Years Ago – January 1975 70 Years Ago – January…
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Throwback Thursday #245: Wonderland
This is Throwback Thursday #245. 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 a winter poem by Bill Allaway, an ESCONI founder and the first Chairman of ESCONI. …
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Throwback Thursday #244: Leaverite (Leaveitite)
This is Throwback Thursday #244. 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! Beginners may hear a more experienced collector refer to a rock specimen as a “Leaverite”. Here’s the definition…
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Throwback Thursday #243: Rock Collecting Limericks
This is Throwback Thursday #243. 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! There were a couple rock collecting themed limericks in the December 1999 newsletter. Unfortunately, they were unattributed. THERE…
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Throwback Thursday #242: Looking Back at ESCONI for December 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #242. 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 – December 1999 50 Years Ago – December 1974 70 Years Ago – December 1954
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Throwback Thursday #241: Happy 75th Birthday, ESCONI!!!!
This is Throwback Thursday #241. 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! ——————————————————————————————- Ok, just a few days late on this…. Happy 75th Birthday, ESCONI!!!! Notes of the first meeting…
