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 In memory of Susan Coltrin (December 2020): Susan was a fierce docent advocate! She served on the DRT Board for more than 10 years Had a wonderful sense of humor and fine mind. We will miss her.  

In the 1930s, This Natural History Curator Discovered a Living Fossil–Well, Sort of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was convinced she’d found something special in a pile of fish, but it took some time for her discovery to be recognized Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer stands with the taxidermied remains of her groundbreaking discovery. (Wikimedia Commons) By Kat Eschner smithsonianmag.com December 22, 2017 It was a pre-Christmas miracle: on this day in 1938

Since the DRT field to the Paronage of Aimee Semple MacPerson has been cancelled and the Parsonage closed due to the Covid-19 virus, the video below has been added and can be viewed in the interim while the field trip is being rescheduled.  Double click on images below to enlarge screen:

The following are pictures taken by President Carolyn at the February 18, 2020 coffee held for NHM staff and volunteers (double click to enlarge image):

During our field trip to the Automotive Driving Museum in El Segundo on January 21, 2020, we were told by our host Paul that the former warehouse was converted by its owner to showcase his classic cars in 2007, which has now grown to 140 automobiles, not all of which were on currently on display (cars rotate in and out from time to time). The next three images are videos so click on the white arrows to view and turn on your speakers to hear Paul's presentation: For the following pictures, you can double click on the images to enlarge and possibly to be able to read the description posts. First military Jeep.  No domestic cars were manufactured during the 1942 to 1944 war years. Family car owned by the Roosevelt Family up through Eleanor Autograph signature by Clark Cable Lunch at nearby Marma