Description: Nininger’s Old Meteorite Museum wall brick rock sample from the Canyon Diablo area American Meteorite Museum. Nininger in 1946 moved his collection from the Denver Museum to his American Meteorite Museum, near Canyon Diablo meteor crater in Arizona. This is when Nininger started to label his collection “The American Meteorite Museum.” The museum exterior was faced with flagstone as was its floor. The walls had red mud made from the local red dirt to hold the stones in place. When the building was first built, prior to the Nininger's moving in, after the first rains, the mud did not hold, so the original builders had replaced as much of the mud as they could with concrete. They replaced most of the mud, but not all of it, which Nininger discovered when it rained. The space was twenty by forty feet. Nininger received old exhibit cases for his museum from the Denver Museum where he previously worked.The display room took up most of the space. The bookshelves were used to separate the sleeping quarters from the kitchen. There was a butane gas cooking range. Evenings found them in the back-room cooking, eating and reading by lantern. They discarded the electric refrigerator in lieu of blocks of ice from Winslow (19 miles away) on hot days. The building leaked every time it rained. The winters were very cold and the summers extremely hot. Life at the museum was anything but luxurious.Half the tourists who came to the front of the museum read the sign with the admission fees of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children turned around and left. Despite this, on the first day, they had sixty visitors to the museum. Admission increased steadily, but there were days when there were a dozen or less tourists. In the museum, a visitor could hold in their hands a piece of matter from outer space. Nininger gave frequent lectures throughout the day. Frequently, there were groups of school children, and often scientists. The first year, there were over 33,000 visitors.By the end of June 1949, a new nearby highway would divert the traffic from Highway 66 which would substantially lower the number of tourists that visited the museum. It was the beginning of the end. After the new highway opened the days were described by Nininger as lonely and sober. CANYON DIABLO meteorites were first reported in 1891 Coconino County, Arizona, USA.I will be adding an information card and full color brochure all about the Crater and the Canyon Diablo meteorites.Since it is now illegal to collect these wall bricks at the location, fewer are being made available for sale. Nice specimen for your collection.It will make a fine addition to your collection. This material is very solid, and displays nicely.I want you to be happy, and you will be very happy... Please see my Feedback.I will combine the cost of shipping for all the items you win during a 2 week period that are paid for in a single transaction. Please note. If items are paid for separately, they will be shipped separately due to eBay tracking reasons. Also, I ship items within 24 hours from the time of payment. Therefore, do not pay for any items until you are done bidding so I can ship everything in one package. Please take your time and don't pay for up to 2 weeks. Shipping includes tracking and delivery confirmation.I am a member of the awesome Global Meteorite Association #GMA0021I am a member of the International Meteorite Collectors Association #9247Please only pay in one payment when you are all done. Postage is the same for all the items you win over a 2 week period. ONLY pay in ONE PAYMENT when you are all done winning and ready to buy everything you wanted. I mail out all items the same day or in the morning. Thanks, John Humphries, P.O. BOX 310, Tombstone, AZ 85638
Price: 3.19 USD
Location: Tombstone, Arizona
End Time: 2023-11-23T01:32:52.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.49 USD
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