Tag: TBT
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Throwback Thursday #86: Happy Thanksgiving!
This is Throwback Thursday #86. 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 Thanksgiving Edition of Throwback Thursday, we are only going back to 2016. That year, the Field…
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Throwback Thursday #85: Rockhound’s Poem From March 1971
This is Throwback Thursday #85. 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 poem from the March 1971 edition of the newsletter. It has a simple name,…
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Throwback Thursday #84: The Dinosaur
This is Throwback Thursday #84. 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 have a poem called “The Dinosaur” this week. It comes from the Chicago Tribune’s “Line ‘O Type…
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Throwback Thursday #83: Looking Back at ESCONI November 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #83. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – November 1971
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Throwback Thursday #82: Fossils by Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash’s poem “Fossils” is our throwback post for this week. Known for his light style of prose, Nash (1902 – 1971) was an Ameican poet who used pun-like rhyming in his work. Sometimes, he even misspelled words for effect. He published numerous collections of poems. During the early and middle 20th century, he wrote…
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Throwback Thursday #81: Wisconsin Dells Field Trip October 19th, 1952
This is Throwback Thursday #81. 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 are looking back at a field trip to the Wisconsin Dells back on October…
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Throwback Thursday #80: ESCONI Flea Market October 2000
This is Throwback Thursday #80. 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, the ESCONI Flea Market was a somewhat regular event. There would be no vendors like…
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Throwback Thursday #79: Looking Back at ESCONI October 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #79. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – October 1971
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Throwback Thursday #78: Revisiting an Indiana Field Trip May 4-5, 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #78. 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 Flashback Friday #34, we posted some picture from a fossil field trip to Indiana on May…
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Throwback Thursday #77: Brag Night!
Last Saturday, we had “Show and Tell” at the September Paleontology Study Group meeting. We met both in person at the College of Dupage and on Zoom. It was great to get together and see old friends and meet some new ones. Traditionally, the September meetings have been “Show and Tell”, but in the old…
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Throwback Thursday #76: Rock Hounds
This is Throwback Thursday #76. 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! Poems were very popular in the ESCONI newsletters of the 1950’s and 1960’s. It’s hard to say if…
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Throwback Thursday #75: Looking Back at ESCONI September 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #75. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – September 1971
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Throwback Thursday #74: This Week In Illinois History: The Tully Monster (August 31, 1989)
This is Throwback Thursday #74. 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 (actually August 31st) is a birthday of sorts. It was 32 years ago that the Tully…
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Throwback Thursday #73: The Rockhound’s Wish
This is Throwback Thursday #73. 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! You may recall we did a poem called “The Rock Pile” from Charles Schweitzer back in Throwback Thursday…
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Throwback Thursday #72: Bill Allaway Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #72. 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 July/August 1952 edition of the ESCONI newsletter, there was a poem from the Bill Allaway, who…
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Throwback Thursday #71: “Sentimental”
This is Throwback Thursday #71. 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 the poem entitled “The Title of the Picture Sentimental” from the November 1968 edition of…
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Throwback Thursday #70: “They’re Selling What?!?”
This is Throwback Thursday #70. 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 article appeared in the September 1976 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. Coprolites are popular items for…
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Throwback Thursday #69: The Benld meteorite
This is Throwback Thursday #69. 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! Something a little different this week, we have an interesting story of a meteorite that struck a car…
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Throwback Thursday #68: Field Museum Photo Archive… Revisted
This is Throwback Thursday #68. 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 #13, we visited the Field Museum Photo Archive blog over on Tumbler. There haven’t…
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Throwback Thursday #67: Looking Back at ESCONI July August 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #67. 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/August 1996 50 Years Ago – July/August 1971
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Throwback Thursday #66: It’s In the Bag
This is Throwback Thursday #66. 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 little poem from the May 1958 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s called “It’s In the…
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Throwback Thursday #65: Rockhound’s Plight
This is Throwback Thursday #65. 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 have two poems from the July/August 1964 issue of the newsletter. The first is…
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Answers for the TBT #64: A Rockhound Spelling Test from November 1962
Here are the answers to Throwback Thursday #64 Rockhound Spelling Test. How’d you do? QUIZ ANSWERS There were 20 words offered. If you spelled 15 right you are doing right well. Seventeen right puts you in the professional class, and 19 or 20 right means you can sit right next to Mr. Dana and you…
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Throwback Thursday #64: A Rockhound Spelling Test From November 1962
This is Throwback Thursday #64. 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! How about a spelling test this week… a rockhound spelling test? This spelling test appeared in the November…
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Throwback Thursday #63: Field Trip to Lone Star Quarry on April 7th, 2002
This is Throwback Thursday #63. 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 April 2002, ESCONI had a field trip to Lone Star Quarry near Oglesby, IL. It looks like…
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Throwback Thursday #62: ESCONI Flea Market 10-02-1999
This is Throwback Thursday #62. 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 a long time, ESCONI has held the Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show each spring in March. Quite…
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Throwback Thursday #61: Looking Back at ESCONI June 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #61. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – June 1971
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Answers for the TBT #60 Mineral Quiz from November 1966
You have probably been waiting for the answers to Throwback Thursday #60’s mineral quiz. Well, wait no more…. how’d you do? Note: this quiz originated from Science Digest, but we got it from the KGMS (Kalamazoo Geological & Mineral Society). We’ve had a relationship with the KGMS, sharing a few field trips. They joined us…
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Throwback Thursday #60: Mineral Quiz from November 1966
This is Throwback Thursday #60. 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 don’t have enough mineral posts and sorry to surprise everyone with a pop quiz…. But today, we…
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Throwback Thursday #59: The Rock Pile
This is Throwback Thursday #59. 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 October 1962 edition of the ESCONI newsletter “The Earth Science News”, a poem called “The Rock…
