Tag: ThrowbackThursday
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Throwback Thursday #283: The Strip Mines
This poem first appeared in the September 1964 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. Written by Gene Falada, it was inspired by a field trip to the spoil piles near South Wilmington, Illinois, on August 8, 1964. His words capture an experience that still feels familiar today. ESCONI field trips continue to bring people together—you meet…
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Throwback Thursday #282: Field Museum Postcard
I found this old Field Museum postcard at the recent ESCONI Rock Swap. It’s a photo of the coal forest in the Evolving Planet exhibit. This exhibit was originally in the Ernest R. Graham Hall in the Field Museum. The postcard is from the middle 20th century.
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Throwback Thursday #280: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009
Here’s a great report from Andrew Young of the Braceville Field Trip on May 16th, 2009. Notice that the spoil pile is much bigger!
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Throwback Thursday #279: Vacation Conversation from 1951
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the fall “Brag-Night” turned into the fall auction. The auction was used by folks to sell off extra material collected during summer vacations. Here is a “Brag-Night” drawing from September 1967. The “Brag-Night” for 2025 (renamed to “Show and Tell” is at 7:30 PM on September 20th, 2025 at…
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Throwback Thursday #275: Field Museum Shark Week!
This is Throwback Thursday #275. 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 Discovery Channel does “Shark Week” every year during the last week of July… that’s this…
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Throwback Thursday #274: Member Demographics in 1959 – Part 2
This is Throwback Thursday #274. 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. —————————————————– Back in Throwback Thursday #254, we looked at a member survey conducted in May 1959. In…
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Throwback Thursday #273: Remembering Floyd Rogers
This is Throwback Thursday #273. 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. —————————————————– Will a heavy heart, we bring news of the passing of Floyd Rogers in South Africa. …
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Throwback Thursday #272: Looking Back At ESCONI For July 2025
This is Throwback Thursday #272. 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. July and August are generally light months for ESCONI news. Get out there and collect for Brag…
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Throwback Thursday #271: Rare fossil find for Joliet man
This is Throwback Thursday #271. 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 came across this story a few days ago in a Facebook post by Gus Kramer. Back in…
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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
This is Throwback Thursday #264. 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. MAPS EXPO 2025 starts tomorrow May 8th through 9th in Springfield, IL at the Joe Orr Building…
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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
This is Throwback Thursday #250. 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. This post originally ran as Flashback Friday #37 in 2020. Andy Hay was a dedicated ESCONI member,…
