Tag: ThrowbackThursday
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Throwback Thursday #219: Joliet Quarry Trip in June 1951
This is Throwback Thursday #219. 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 June 17, 1951, ESCONI held a field trip to a quarry in Joliet, IL. As seen in…
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Throwback Thursday #218: Karen’s Komments
This is Throwback Thursday #218. 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 was originally posted as Flashback Friday #16. It was part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70’s Anniversary…
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Throwback Thursday #217: Looking Back at ESCONI for June 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #217. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – June 1974 70 Years Ago – June 1954
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Throwback Thursday #216: Opal Hunting at the Spencer, Idaho Mini-Mine
For this week, we have an article written by ESCONI board member Andy Jansen. Andy took a trip to the “Opal Capital of America” in 2019 and wrote this interesting article for the newsletter.
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Throwback Thursday #215: 2001 CGMA Show
This is Throwback Thursday #215. 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 case you weren’t previously aware, the CGMA (Chicagoland Gem and Mineral Association) Show is this weekend May…
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Throwback Thursday #214: Braidwood Area Historical Society Revisited
This is Throwback Thursday #214. 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 October, we visited the Braidwood Area Historical Society. There was a report in Throwback Thursday #183. They…
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Throwback Thursday #213: ESCONI Class Song from 1967
This is Throwback Thursday #213. 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 was originally posted as Flashback Friday #20. It was part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70’s…
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Throwback Thursday #212: Looking Back at ESCONI for May 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #212. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – May 1974 70 Years Ago – May 1954
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Throwback Thursday #211: Don Auler Paintings
This is Throwback Thursday #211. 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 was Don Auler? He and his family joined ESCONI in March 1967. He and his wife…
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Throwback Thursday #210: A Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #210. 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 poem by Ted Johnson of the Puget Sounder appeared in the April 1962 edition of the ESCONI…
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Throwback Thursday #209: Tony Sobolik, I Remember…….
This is Throwback Thursday #209. 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 was originally posted as Flashback Friday #10. It was part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70’s…
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Throwback Thursday #208: Looking Back At ESCONI For April 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #208. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – April 1974 70 Years Ago – April 1954…
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Throwback Thursday #207: Diamonds and Gold Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #207. 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 poem entitled “Diamonds and Gold” from the March 1971 newsletter. The poem comes…
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Throwback Thursday #206: Field Museum’s Apatosaurus
This is Throwback Thursday #206. 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 visit the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, chances are you’ll venture up to the…
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Throwback Thursday #205: 2013 ESCONI Show
This is Throwback Thursday #205. 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 the announcement for the 2013 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. It was held in the…
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Throwback Thursday #204: Looking Back At ESCONI For March 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #204. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – March 1974 70 Years Ago – March 1954…
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Throwback Thursday #203: They Crawled Out of the Swamps to Save the Mets
This is Throwback Thursday #202. 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 sent them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! To commemorate the start of Major League Baseball’s Spring Training, we are taking a look at a fun little…
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Throwback Thursday #202: ESCONI’s Debut in Rock and Minerals
This is Throwback Thursday #202. 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! Rock & Minerals magazine has been in existence since 1926. They are currently published by Taylor and Francis. …
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Throwback Thursday #201: He Gave Me A Rock
This is Throwback Thursday #201. 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’ve featured the poems of Charles Schweitzer a few times in the past. In Throwback Thursday #59, we looked…
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Throwback Thursday #200: Field Museum – Terror Birds
This is Throwback Thursday #200. 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! Terror Birds, phorusrhacids, were large carnivorous flightless birds, that lived until a few million years ago. They are…
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Throwback Thursday #199: Looking Back At ESCONI For February 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #199. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – February 1974 70 Years Ago – February 1954
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Throwback Thursday #197: The Old Adage
This is Throwback Thursday #197. 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 weeks Throwback comes from March 1971. It’s a little poem called “The Old Adage. It comes from…
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Throwback Thursday #196: Field Museum Photos – Columbian Museum of Chicago
This is Throwback Thursday #196. 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 look back at the Columbian Museum of Chicago, which is now called the Field Museum. It…
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Throwback Thursday #194: Rockhound Terms
This is Throwback Thursday #194. 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 “Glossary of Rockhound Terms” appeared in the September 1993 newsletter. The Rocket City Rocks & Gems refers…
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Throwback Thursday #193: Poem “Coal Age”
This is Throwback Thursday #193. 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 step back to a little poem called “Coal Age”, which appeared in the February 1950 edition…
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Throwback Thursday #192: December 1953 Mazon Creek Facet
This is Throwback Thursday #192. 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 1950’s, the newsletter had a regular feature called “Facets”. The entries were small bits of generally…
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Throwback Thursday #191: Looking Back At ESCONI for December 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #191. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – December 1973 70 Years Ago – December 1953
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Throwback Thursday #190: Carbon Hill School Museum
This is Throwback Thursday #190. 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 recently stopped by the Carbon Hill School Museum in Carbon Hill, IL. Michele Micetich, the curator, was…
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Throwback Thursday #189: Happy Thanksgiving!
This is Throwback Thursday #189. 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, this is a throwback of a Throwback Thursday for those of you that didn’t see it the…
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Throwback Thursday #188: Field Museum Photos – Mazon Creek Fossils
This is Throwback Thursday #188. 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 take another peek into the Field Museum Photo Archive over on Tumblr. The subject is “Fossil…
