A 1923 press photo from the San Francisco Examiner for sale on ebay.
Giant Eggs of Dinosaur Found in Mongolia
Peking…..Above is shown Roy Chapman Andrews, zoologist and hunter, who was in charge of The Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, which has just returned here after five months on the Mongolian Plains. The specimens brought back by the expedition are declared to be the most interesting in recent years. Giant eggs, five or six inches long and proven to be those of dinosaurs of ten million years ago, are among the principal specimens. The prehistoric and colossal reptiles had nests just like ordinary fowl of the present era. The expedition is bringing back also about nine tons of fossils, comprising 72 skulls and twelve complete skeletons of these “terrible lizards” as the two Greek words forming the term “dinosaur” describe them.
rare vintage sinclair oil dinosaur
"the ultimate collectible. very rare sinclair oil dinosaur. one of only six made. this is not a miniature or a toy. it is full size approx 8' x 4' in great condition. spectacular piece."
Material: fiberglass
Why your luggage looks a little worse for wear when you check it through to Calgary.
My neverending love of cheesy dinosaur sculptures was fed today when I found this ebay auction.
The seller writes: You Are looking at a Very Rare, Late 50's,Early 60's Sinclair ( Dino ) The Dinosaur.He is made of Thick fiberglass and mounted on 1.5 inch thick plywood,and is 8 and a half feet long by 3 feet wide.He used to be mounted in front of my Great Uncle's Sinclair Gas Station on Old Route 66.The fiberglass is in perfect shape (no cracks or breaks).It was well kept all of these years in a Shed.When I aquired (Dino),he was the Original Sinclair (Green)I had this one Custom Painted By a Popular Studio Artist to look like a real Brontosaurs,but it could easily be put back to the original green.
For only $4,500.00 you can own this beauty. What a great Christmas some dinosaur lover is going to have!
At the beginning of the week I was in Seattle, and it was warm and green. Today I'm back in Calgary where it's bleak and snowing slush. Dinny looks about how I feel right now. Well, only a couple of months till spring... if it remembers to come this year.
Calgary is a tough town. I've already posted about the Mammoth problem in the light rail stations, but here's another wildlife menace. If you don't keep your trash cans locked up tight, guys like this will come along, tip them over, and just cause one heck of a mess.
Here's a resident of York's Wild Kingdom (Animal Forest Park); a lovely, perfectly-sized-for-a-small-backyard dinosaur. Now, rumor has it that the Wild Kingdom is due for a dance with the wrecking ball next spring, because shopping centers are bigger business than minature golf, go carts, super slides and elephant rides. I mean, you can't argue that, right? But what happens to the little dinosaur?
See, there's this patch of grass in my backyard that just cries out for a dinosaur of this caliber. If I can't have an authentic Drumheller dinosaur, then by golly a defunct amusement park dinosaur fits the bill nicely. You know the poor thing will be auctioned off in a lot with the ferris wheel and dumped in a landfill somewhere down Maine. And that just ain't right.
If only I could figure out a way to get that little guy here...I shudder to think what the Customs Demons, who slap a 6 dollar fee on a lousy tee-shirt, would do with a dinosaur. Even a small one. But if I win the lottery I'll take 'em on.
For more retro dino goodness, watch this video.
By the way, I got a nice email from this guy, who has a blog with really great photos of his travels, focusing on pop architecture, diners, neon signs, and other good stuff. Hey, if you are traveling up Maine way, Mr. Jackalope, check out the cheese at "Maine's Largest Zoo and Amusement Park"...for a few more weeks, anyway.
Photo by Tom "but then I'd have to mow around it" Bagley
We just got back from a thing those of us in Immigration Limbo like to call "Dance around the Flagpole"; you're only allowed to stay in Canada for 6 months at a time, see, so even though you're in the middle of ridiculous amounts of paperwork and expense to immigrate, you gotta go across the border every so often to stay legal while you're working on getting legal.
I know, it does sound crazy, doesn't it?
Anyway, we went down to Great Falls, Montana (a six hour drive each way) to overnight at the lovely O'Haire Motor Inn, home of the world famous (no, really) Sip-n-Dip Lounge. It was tiny but very nice. Too bad the only "mermaid" we saw was a somewhat inebriated farm boy who jumped in the pool and waved at the entire bar through the glass. Ah well. Miss Pat was worth every cent.
Here are some pictures of other people's fun at the Sip and Dip. The weird thing is, I know some of 'em. It's a small damn world.
On the way back, we saw this creature in Milk River. He looked pretty hungry, since it's off season and there were no delicious tourists to nibble on.
Fortunately it didn't see me.
