Tag: ThrowbackThursday
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Throwback Thursday #186: Looking Back At ESCONI for November 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #186. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – November 1973 70 Years Ago – November 1953…
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Throwback Thursday #185: ESCONI Flea Market 2000 #fleamarket
This is Throwback Thursday #185. 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 held a Flea Market on October 7th, 2000 at the College of DuPage in Building K, which…
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Throwback Thursday #184: Crater of Diamonds State Park 1972
This is Throwback Thursday #184. 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! Located near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, Crater of Diamonds is a State Park of Arkansas. It’s the only place in…
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Throwback Thursday #183: Braidwood Historical Society
This is Throwback Thursday #183. 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! While doing some research on the area, I stopped by the Braidwood Area Historical Society last Saturday. I…
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Throwback Thursday #182: Looking Back At ESCONI for October 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #182. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – October 1973 70 Years Ago – October 1953
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Throwback Thursday #181: Science News from September 1970
This is Throwback Thursday #181. 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 a few science stories from the newsletter for September 1970. All the stories were submitted by…
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Throwback Thursday #180: Field Museum Photo Archives
This is Throwback Thursday #180. 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! ——————————————————————————————- More photos from the Field Museum Photo Archive on Tumblr. This time views in/of/from the museum back…
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Throwback Thursday #179: Braceville Field Trip Photos 2016
This is Throwback Thursday #179. 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 photos from the ESCONI Braceville Field Trip in May 2016. By the looks of it, the…
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Throwback Thursday #178: Looking Back At ESCONI for September 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #178. 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 had to take a break for the summer as there wasn’t much happening in ESCONI history during…
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Throwback Thursday #177: The Rockhound’s Creed
This is Throwback Thursday #177. 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 #176: Maple Leaf Field Trip 1997
This is Throwback Thursday #176. 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! Late August 1997 saw a very ambitious ESCONI Field Trip. It lasted for eight days, from August 23rd…
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Throwback Thursday #175: Erosion… Piece By Piece
This is Throwback Thursday #175. 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 Petrified Forest National Park is a beautiful place, located in Arizona. If you get a chance to…
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Throwback Thursday #174: Bola Tie Raffle
This is Throwback Thursday #174. 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! September 1983 saw “The Chance of the Century”… which was a chance to win a sterling silver ESCONI…
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Throwback Thursday #173: Chiton Hill in Pit 11
This is Throwback Thursday #173. 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! Earlier this week, we posted Mazon Monday #172 Glaphurochiton. In that post, it was mentioned that chitons tended…
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Throwback Thursday #172: Field Museum Photo Archives – Soemmerring’s Gazelle
This is Throwback Thursday #172. 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 since…
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Throwback Thursday #171: Fossil Cycad National Monument
This is Throwback Thursday #171. 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! Fossil Cycad National Monument was authorized as National Monument in 1922 by President Warren G. Harding. It was…
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Throwback Thursday #170: Surefire Signs You’re a Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #170. 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 appeared in the January 1998 edition of the newsletter. It was reprinted from the…
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Throwback Thursday #169: Stevens T. Norvell III
This is Throwback Thursday #169. 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! As we posted in Throwback Thursday #158, the logo was designed by Stevens T. Norvell in 1950 as…
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Throwback Thursday #168: British Columbia in Nine Days
This is Throwback Thursday #168. 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 up for a summer trip to the Burgess Shale in British Columbia? How about 9 days, with…
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Throwback Thursday #167: Tom Testa Winter Freeze/Thaw
This is Throwback Thursday #167. 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 didn’t notice, summer is here. It’s been hot the last few days and it’s getting…
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Throwback Thursday #166: Spring – Illinois
This is Throwback Thursday #166. 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! Bill Kelly and his wife Wylma were active in ESCONI for many years. Both of them wrote articles…
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Throwback Thursday #165: Summer Collecting Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #165. 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! Howard and Olive Knight were early members of ESCONI. They were both very active members for many years. …
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Throwback Thursday #164: Looking Back At ESCONI for June 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #164. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – June 1973 70 Years Ago – June 1953
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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…
