Category: Throwback Thursday
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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
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Throwback Thursday #134: Field Trip Bevel Granite 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #134. 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 1957, ESCONI held a field trip to the Bevel Granite Company on Kedzie Ave. in Merrionette…
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Throwback Thursday #133: To a Fossil
This is Throwback Thursday #133. 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’s Throwback Thursday, we have a nice little poem called “To a Fossil” from the May…
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Throwback Thursday #132: Mazon Creek Open House Videos
This is Throwback Thursday #132. 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 the 2022 Mazon Creek Open House this Saturday, October 15th, 2022! Long time ESCONI member Ralph Jewell took…
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Throwback Thursday #131: Looking Back at ESCONI for October 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #131. 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 – October 1997 50 Years Ago – October 1972 70 Years Ago – October 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #130: I Wonder?
This is Throwback Thursday #130. 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 poem “I Wonder?” was written by Ethel H. Whitney, who served as ESCONI’s first historian from 1950…
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Throwback Thursday #129: Puttering in Pewter
This is Throwback Thursday #129. 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 about working with pewter. It featured Paul Hoalt and Bob Johnson ESCONI members…
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Throwback Thursday #128: ESCONI Shed September 1999
This is Throwback Thursday #128. 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 the 1990’s, ESCONI stored its show material in a shed, which for a time was in…
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Throwback Thursday #127: Piano Hill on Route 66
This is Throwback Thursday #127. 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! Route 66, or the “Mother Road” as it was sometimes called, was in operation from November 26th, 1926…
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Throwback Thursday #126: Looking Back at ESCONI for September 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #126. 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 – September 1997 50 Years Ago – September 1972 70 Years Ago – September 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #125: ESCONI at the College of DuPage 1983
This is Throwback Thursday #125. 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! Who’s ready to get back to ESCONI meetings? We have the September 2022 General Meeting coming up on…
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Throwback Thursday #124: Resolution Lost
This is Throwback Thursday #124. 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! A poem from December 1970 is up for this week’s Throwback Thursday. It’s called “Resolution Lost”. It comes…
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Throwback Thursday #123: Historical Documents
This is Throwback Thursday #123. 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, we have highlighted historically important documents related to ESCONI and/or Mazon Creek. We posted about…
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Throwback Thursday #122: Looking Back at ESCONI for August 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #122. 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 – August 1997 50 Years Ago – August 1972 70 Years Ago – August 1952
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Throwback Thursday #121: The Chicago Portage
This is Throwback Thursday #121. 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! Ever wonder why Chicago is Chicago? It’s all about a small piece of land now called the “Chicago…
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Throwback Thursday #120: What is “Earth Science”?
This is Throwback Thursday #120. 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 Throwback Thursday is a look back at a column published in April 1952 called “What is “Earth…
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Throwback Thursday #119: Rockhounds vs Rockhogs
This is Throwback Thursday #119. 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 by Charles Schweitzer, who wrote the book “Rhymes of the Rockhounds”. The book…
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Throwback Thursday #118: Looking Back at ESCONI for July 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #118. 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 – July 1997 50 Years Ago – July 1972 70 Years Ago – July 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #117: Trilobite Troubles
This is Throwback Thursday #117. 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 throwback, we have a poem called “Trilobite Troubles” from the November 1963 edition of the…
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Throwback Thursday #116: Field Museum Photo Archives
This is Throwback Thursday #116. 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…
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Throwback Thursday #115: Safety Tip from 1972
This is Throwback Thursday #115. 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! Licking a rock can give you valuable information when trying to identify it. See this story from Discovery.com.…
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Throwback Thursday #114: Collect Fossils….. What a waste of time!
This is Throwback Thursday #114. 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 an article written by Bill Bode called “Collect Fossils….. What a waste of…
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Throwback Thursday #113: Looking Back at ESCONI for June 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #113. 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 – June 1997 50 Years Ago – June 1972 70 Years Ago – June 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #112: April 1990 Field Trip to St. Paul and Brookville, IN
This is Throwback Thursday #112. 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 has been visiting St. Paul, IN for Silurian fossils for a long time. In 1990, there was…
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Throwback Thursday #111: In Quest of Galena
This is Throwback Thursday #111. 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 are posting the story of a field trip from the March 1952 edition of the…
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Throwback Thursday #110: A Jurassic Twilight in Colorado from 1952
This is Throwback Thursday #110. 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 are posting a puzzle of sorts from the April 1952 edition of the newsletter. The…
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Throwback Thursday #109: Looking Back at ESCONI May 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #109. 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 1997 50 Years Ago – May 1972 70 Years Ago – May 1952
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Throwback Thursday #108: Field Trips Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #108. 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 currently deep into field trip season, so to celebrate, for our throwback this week, we have…
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Throwback Thursday #107: G-Shaft Candy
This is Throwback Thursday #107. 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 grew up anywhere in the area, you may remember G-Shaft Candy. It’s a hard candy, brown…
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Throwback Thursday #106: Rebellious Bones Poem from 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #106. 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! Our throwback for this week is a poem from Donnafred Hoff, the wife of Dr. Wilbur Hoff, who…
