tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post1403873823201846994..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: The Stupid LizardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-10495831415212947342011-01-07T17:32:06.131-05:002011-01-07T17:32:06.131-05:00Mike: The blog carnival is not limited to dinosaur...Mike: The blog carnival is not limited to dinosaurs - all of paleontology is welcome, so please join in! Thanks also for the link to your Borden post. I'm really intrigued by the Borden collection at the Field, and I'll look into it more.<br /><br />David: Thanks for that information. Another Field mystery to look into. The only work that Hawkins really gets recognized for is his Crystal palace statues, so I'll have to write a bit about his other work. And I've been meaning to write about the Paleozoic Park for a while.<br /><br />Great comments, both of you! Really appreciated.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-76377965782916034402011-01-07T10:29:34.516-05:002011-01-07T10:29:34.516-05:00David,
Wow, great photo showing the Hadrosaurus. T...David,<br />Wow, great photo showing the Hadrosaurus. That model, in fact, was made by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, the sculptor of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, as well as several more Hadrosaurus models. The model at the Field Museum was originally built for the Smithsonian. How it got to the Field is not exactly clear but it appears to have arrived at the museum after the Chicago World's Fair of 1894. The Field acquired the collection of Henry Ward that had been set up at the Fair and the Hadrosaurus model most likely was part of Ward's display, although there is no direct evidence. The Field's Hadrosaur disappeared at some unknown point shortly after this picture was taken. <br /><br />Other Hadrosaurus models made by Hawkins went to Princeton and the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. His first Hadrosaur was the one he made for the Academy of Natural Sciences. He also made another model for the proposed Paleozoic Museum in Central Park, but it was destroyed by Boss Tweed's henchmen in May 1871. Of all the models, only the head of the Academy one still exists.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DavidDavid B. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029815547817167829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-37345768311690377642011-01-06T17:23:04.712-05:002011-01-06T17:23:04.712-05:00Great find of the Field Museum's picture cache...Great find of the Field Museum's picture cache! <br /><br />I was hoping to see the room set a side for the Hoosier geologist, William W. Borden's crinoid fossil collection. It was donated to the Field museum in 1923 which was three years after some of those pictures were taken. Learn more about William Borden and his museum in Borden, Indiana as this <a href="http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2009/11/borden-institute.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>. <br /><br />Interesting side note, he was a business partner with Marshall Field who the Chicago museum is named for.<br /><br />Thanks for the Twitter links and I will try to write some post about dinosaurs so I can join your next blog carnival.Michael Popphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741723962997816729noreply@blogger.com