Franklin Mineral Show Booklets



Few documents related to our club have as long a history as the show programs printed for the Fall Franklin mineral show, in early years called the "Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Exhibit," and after 1991 the "Franklin-Sterling Hill Gem and Mineral Show." According to Dick Bostwick, "the two-page program handed out at the First Annual Mineralogy Exhibit of the Franklin Kiwanis Club, in October of 1957, included a fluorescent mineral check-list with 25 entries." The full list of Franklin minerals was prepared by Jack Baum, with help from Pete Dunn, names familiar to all Franklin mineral collectors. The list has grown quite a bit, carefully curated by Dick Bostwick and the mineral list committee, and we have scanned the programs that we could find to preserve them here. They provide an excellent record of the growth of our understanding of Franklin-Sterling Hill and the minerals found here. The advertisements found in the early programs are a hoot, too.

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68th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show – 2023
2023

66th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show – 2022
2022

65th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show – 2021
2021

63rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show – 2019
2019

62nd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show – 2018
2018

2017 Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show
2017

60th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2016
2016

59th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2015
2015

58th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2014
2014

57th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2013
2013

55th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2011
2011

53rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2009
2009

52nd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2008
2008

51st Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2007
2007

50th Anniversary Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2006
2006

49th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2005
2005

48th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2004
2004

47th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2003
2003

46th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2002
2002

45th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2001
2001

44th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 2000
2000

43rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1999
1999

42nd Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1998
1998

41st Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1997
1997

40th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1996
1996

39th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1995
1995

38th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1994
1994

37th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1993
1993

36th Annual Franklin-Sterling Gem and Mineral Show - 1992
1992

35th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1991
1991

34th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1990
1990

33rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1989
1989

32nd Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1988
1988

31st Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1987
1987

30th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1986
1986

29th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1985
1985

28th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1984
1984

27th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1983
1983

26th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1982
1982

25th Anniversary Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1981
1981

24th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1980
1980

23rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1979
1979

22nd Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1978
1978

21st Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1977
1977

20th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1976
1976

19th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1975
1975

18th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1974
1974

17th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1973
1973

16th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1972
1972

15th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1971
1971

14th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1970
1970

13th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1969
1969

12th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1968
1968

11th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1967
1967

10th Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1966
1966

Eighth Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1964
1964

THE FRANKLIN KIWANIS CLUB presents the seventh annual FRANKLIN-STERLING MINERAL EXHIBIT - 1963
1963

Sixth Annual FRANKLIN-STERLING MINERAL EXHIBIT - 1962
1962

Fifth Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Exhibit - 1961 (Incomplete)
1961

Fourth Annual Mineralogy Exhibit Of The Franklin Kiwanis Club - 1960
1960

Second Annual Mineralogy Exhibit Of The Franklin Kiwanis Club - 1958
1958

First Annual Mineralogy Exhibit Of The Franklin Kiwanis Club - 1957
1957