Category: Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday #163: Scenes from the 2000 Chicagoland Gem & Mineral Association Show
This is Throwback Thursday #163. 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! Don’t forget that the 46th Annual CGMA – Chicagoland Gem & Mineral Association is this weekend May 27th…
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Throwback Thursday #162: Field & Street Archaeopteryx
This is Throwback Thursday #162. 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! Back in Throwback Thursday #137, we looked at the traveling Archaeopteryx exhibit back in 1997. Althiough it was…
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Throwback Thursday #161: Looking Back at ESCONI for May 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #161. 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 – May 1998 50 Years Ago – May 1973 70 Years Ago – May 1953…
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Throwback Thursday #160: Hey, Field Museum… Happy 102nd Birthday!
This is Throwback Thursday #160. 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! On May 2nd, 1921, the Field Museum opened its doors to the public at its current home. Happy…
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Throwback Thursday #159: Field Museum Photo Archives
This is Throwback Thursday #159. 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’s a few photos from the Field Museum Photo Archives over on Tumbler. Unfortunately, the photo blog hasn’t updated…
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Throwback Thursday #158: ESCONI Logo
This is Throwback Thursday #158. 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! ESCONI was established in November 1949. For the first few editions of the newsletter, the cover featured various…
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Throwback Thursday #157: Self-supporting Dinosaur
This is Throwback Thursday #157. 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 Eugene Richardson Jr, about “Gorgeous George”, the Field Museum’s Daspletosaurus. We posted…
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Throwback Thursday #156: Looking Back at ESCONI for April 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #156. 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 – April 1998 50 Years Ago – April 1973 70 Years Ago – April 1953
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Throwback Thursday #155: Diary of a Snakebite Death
This is Throwback Thursday #155. 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! Ran across the interesting story of Karl Patterson Schmidt recently. Schmidt was a world renowned herpetologist and curator…
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Throwback Thursday #154: 1985 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
This is Throwback Thursday #154. 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 probably the last show related post for a while. Let’s take a peek back at 1985. …
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Throwback Thursday #153: Flea Market 1999
This is Throwback Thursday #152. 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 scenes from the ESCONI Flea Market on October 2nd, 1999. This event was held at…
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Throwback Thursday #152: The Ten Rockmandments
This is Throwback Thursday #152. 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 list of ten “Rockmandments” appeared in the December 1992 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It originally…
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Throwback Thursday #151: Looking Back at ESCONI for March 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #151. 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 – March 1998 50 Years Ago – March 1973 70 Years Ago – March 1953
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Throwback Thursday #150: History of Coal City and Surrounding Areas
This is Throwback Thursday #150. 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! On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, local historian Michele Micetich is speaking at the Coal City Library about the…
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Throwback Thursday #149: Dues Are Due… From the Past!
This is Throwback Thursday #149. 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! Have you paid your 2023 ESCONI dues? I know I have to pay mine! Please get them in,…
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Throwback Thursday #148: Johnny Cash and Dinosaurs?!? Yes!
This is Throwback Thursday #148. 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, so who knew that Johnny Cash had a dinosaur song? Written by Johnny and his wife June,…
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Throwback Thursday #147: Looking Back at ESCONI for February 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #147. 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 – February 1998 50 Years Ago – February 1973 70 Years Ago – February 1953
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Throwback Thursday #146: Happy Birthday, Elmer Riggs!
This is Throwback Thursday #146. 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! Actually, it’s a few days late as his birthday was January 23rd, 1869. Elmer Riggs was an American…
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Throwback Thursday #145: Langford Book Ad from 1963
This is Throwback Thursday #145. 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! ESCONI Associates published both of George Langford’s books. The first in 1958 and the second in 1963. Langford…
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Throwback Thursday #144 – Geology Class Fall 1953
This is Throwback Thursday #144. 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! Back in 1953, ESCONI put on a evening school class in Geology at Downers Grove High School during…
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Throwback Thursday #143: Looking Back at ESCONI for January 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #143. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – January 1973 70 Years Ago – January 1953
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Throwback Thursday #142: Reply to Bill Allaway’s 1977 Holiday Letter
This is Throwback Thursday #141. 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! Last week, we had Bill Allaway’s Holiday Letter in 1977. There was a reply, but it wasn’t published…
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Throwback Thursday #141: 1977 Holiday Letter From Bill Allaway
This is Throwback Thursday #141. 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 week, we look back at a holiday letter from Bill Allaway in 1977. When ESCONI was founded…
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Throwback Thursday #140: Mineral Names
This is Throwback Thursday #140. 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! Jean Reynolds held many offices in ESCONI, including President in 1972 and 1973, Vice President, Editor, Circulation Chairman,…
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Throwback Thursday #139: Stonebone
This is Throwback Thursday #139. 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 this week, we have the poem “Stonebone” from the December 1970 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s…
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Throwback Thursday #139: Looking Back at ESCONI
This is Throwback Thursday #139. 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 1997 50 Years Ago – December 1972 70 Years Ago – December 1952
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Throwback Thursday #138: Under Your Feet
This is Throwback Thursday #138. 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 Chicago Lapidary Club, which doesn’t seem to exist anymore. There is a…
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Throwback Thursday #137: Archaeopteryx in Chicago!
This is Throwback Thursday #137. 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! October 1997 was a huge month for the Field Museum. The annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate…
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Throwback Thursday #136: Hilmer Case in Fossil Ridge Public Library
This is Throwback Thursday #136. 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! Back in 1990, ESCONI donated a display case to the Fossil Ridge Public Library in Braidwood, IL. The…
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Throwback Thursday #135: Looking Back at ESCONI November 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #135. 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 – November 1997 50 Years Ago – November 1972 70 Years Ago – November 1952
