Time capsule at Norfolk Confederate monument to be removed Tuesday
A time capsule that was located during the recent removal of the Confederate monument in Norfolk will be removed from its current location and put into a vault.
The time capsule, which dates back to 1899, will be held in the Sargeant Memorial Collection vault until a final decision on its fate is made.
The metal box was located as crews removed the monument, Norfolk wrote in a news release Monday. ...
Records show there are several items inside, including a list of Confederate dead buried in Norfolk, a morning newspaper from February 19, 1899 and a Pickett-Buchanan Camp badge.
The box originally was placed at the monument in 1899. It was removed and put into storage in the 1960s, then replaced in the 1970s when the Confederate monument was re-erected downtown.
Time capsule from the North Pole washes up in Ireland two years later
A pair of surfers on the northwestern tip of Ireland made an unusual discovery washed up on shore -- a time capsule tossed into an Arctic ice floe by the crew of a Russian ship.
Conor McClory and Sophie Curran of Gweedore, County Donegal, said they spotted the metal object on shore while they were checking sea conditions for surfing. ...
"When I saw it, first I thought it was a steel pipe of a ship, then I lifted it and saw there was engraving on it. I thought it was a bomb then," McClory told the Donegal Daily. "When I saw the date on it I thought it could be somebody's ashes, so I didn't open it."
McClory showed the engraving to an acquaintance who speaks Russian, and they translated the engraving and revealed it was a time capsule.
The container was opened and McClory discovered messages in Russian and English from the crew and passengers of 50 Years of Victory, a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker ship that tossed the time capsule into an ice floe at the North Pole in 2018.
The cylinder also contained photographs, beer mats, a menu, wine corks, badges and other items stowed away by the ship's crew.
McClory and Curran were able to contact the author of one of the letters from the time capsule on social media, and the person told them the time capsule's creators had not expected it to be found for 30 or 40 years.
"She let me know that they actually traveled to the 90-degree point of the North Pole," Curran told the Irish Independent. "They got a helicopter there and they put the time capsule in ice." ...
103-year-old time capsule found in New York state landmark
Crews working to restore a historical landmark in New York state discovered a century-old time capsule containing four rare coins and two letters from men who worked on a previous restoration project.
The Roslyn Landmark Society said workers restoring the Roslyn Grist Mill, which was built in the 1700s, discovered the time capsule buried in the concrete floor that was installed during a 1917 restoration project. ...
The half-pint milk bottle contained four rare coins: an 1863 Civil War money piece, an 1863 Haitian centime, an 1881 Indian Head penny and a 1905 Indian Head penny.
The bottle also contained two letters, one written in English and one in Italian.
The English letter was written by Stephen Speedling, who owned a nearby carpentry shop. He wrote the building was being rebuilt for Harold Godwin, grandson of poet William Cullen Bryant.
The letter in Italian was written by Romolo Capparrelli, who identified himself as the person who designed the structure's planking-style concrete roof. ...
Lister said the group is considering putting their own time capsule in the building before the restoration project is complete. The mill is slated to become a museum after the project ends.
I bury all my broken crockery in the garden. Otherwise what would future archaeologists do?
He he. I wonder if they'd think we'd got a canine cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw.Make a point to start scratching figures of your dog Stanley on the crockery - one with a single crooked leg (for the broken bone(s) incident) and one with a modified leg symbolizing the current cyst problem.
That'll give future archaeologists something to scratch their heads about ...
I read about a bloke who kept pet snakes and when they'd die, he'd bury them with chicken feet on either side so future archaeologists will think we had snakes running around .Make a point to start scratching figures of your dog Stanley on the crockery - one with a single crooked leg (for the broken bone(s) incident) and one with a modified leg symbolizing the current cyst problem.
That'll give future archaeologists something to scratch their heads about ...
I've got a Dremel that I can use to start creating the necessary artefacts - what i need is someone who can create a template along the lines of the Uffington White horse - obviously a bit more terrier like and with a curled up front nearside leg. My artistic skills are zero. ...
Yes indeed
FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/0...man-Evangelical-Church-Seattle/1121628696695/115-year-old time capsule found during church demolition in Seattle
A crew assisting with demolishing a 115-year-old Seattle church to make way for affordable housing discovered a previously unknown time capsule hidden behind the cornerstone.
Earthwise Architectural Salvage ... was removing the stained glass windows and other valuable items from the German Evangelical Church before it was brought down in the Queen Anne neighborhood ...
The building was constructed in 1906 and served as a church until the 1960s. In the 1970s, the building was renovated and used as a counseling center.
Aaron Blanchard, the director of operations at Earthwise, said it is rare to be surprised by a time capsule discovery, as such things are normally well-documented with instructions to be opened in 100 years.
"This church situation is unique because, usually, time capsules are tracked and archived but this building changed hands several times and it just wasn't on anyone's radar," Blanchard told KING-TV.
The metal box contained items including German-language literature, publications like the Evangelical Messenger, newspapers from Ohio with articles about the Evangelical Association, a bishop's handwritten letter detailing the founding of the church and a booklet of the group's financial information. ...
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/health-g...mic-virginia-ef38b113472437fc7ae9fa49412e5f94Confederate statue’s 1887 time capsule set to be removed
Now that an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been taken down from its perch above Richmond’s Monument Avenue, crews plan to remove a piece of history from its gigantic pedestal.
A time capsule from 1887 that state officials believe is tucked inside the statue’s base is set to be removed Thursday. It will be replaced with a new time capsule that contains items reflective of current times ...
Historical records and imaging tests helped state officials pinpoint the capsule’s location in the cornerstone of the 40-foot tall concrete pedestal. ...
A newspaper article from 1887 suggests that the copper time capsule contains mostly memorabilia, including a U.S. silver dollar and a collection of Confederate buttons. But one line from that article has piqued the interest of historians. Listed among the artifacts is a “picture of Lincoln lying in his coffin.”
It is unclear what kind of a picture it is ...
Harold Holzer, a historian and Lincoln scholar, told The Associated Press earlier this year that he believes it’s highly doubtful that the picture is an actual photograph of Lincoln in his coffin because the only known photo of Lincoln in death was taken by photographer Jeremiah Gurney in City Hall in New York on April 24, 1865. ...
After the time capsule is removed, it will be brought to a state Department of Historic Resources lab, where historians will immediately open it and begin to preserve the approximately 60 items believed to be inside. ...
Sorry for the late reaction to this one; I only just discovered this thread.103-year-old time capsule found in New York state landmark
Source: upi.com
Date: 1 December, 2020
Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Crews working to restore a historical landmark in New York state discovered a century-old time capsule containing four rare coins and two letters from men who worked on a previous restoration project.
The Roslyn Landmark Society said workers restoring the Roslyn Grist Mill, which was built in the 1700s, discovered the time capsule buried in the concrete floor that was installed during a 1917 restoration project.
The half-pint milk bottle contained four rare coins: an 1863 Civil War money piece, an 1863 Haitian centime, an 1881 Indian Head penny and a 1905 Indian Head penny.
The bottle also contained two letters, one written in English and one in Italian.
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https://www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/20...und-in-New-York-state-landmark/9921606857097/
The removal of the prominent Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, has served as the occasion to locate and remove the time capsule originally embedded in the monument back in 1887. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/virginia-lee-time-capsule-open-trnd/index.htmlAn 1875 almanac, books and a coin were discovered in time capsule found in the pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue
An 1875 almanac, two withered books, a coin and a cloth envelope were among the artifacts inside an 1887 time capsule that was opened Wednesday.
The capsule was found last week in the pedestal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. ...
The container was made of lead, which was corroded, so the delicate process took several hours as experts used multiple tools to chip away at the box. ...
Workers found the time capsule on December 17 while dismantling the 40-foot pedestal on Monument Avenue in Richmond ...
The time capsule was found in the tower of the pedestal about 20 feet above ground level.
Officials had thought it was encased in the base of the pedestal ...
Historians believe the time capsule was placed on October 27, 1887, and included about 60 items that were donated by 37 Richmond residents, many of which were related to the Confederacy ...
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/richmond-virginia-ralph-northam-bb95e32acbceabcc065b42103d2fd4cfAgain, crews find apparent time capsule at Lee statue site
Crews wrapping up the removal Monday of a giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said.
The governor tweeted photos of a box being removed from the site and said conservators were studying the artifact.
“They found it! This is likely the time capsule everyone was looking for,” he tweeted.
The governor said the box would not be opened Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of condition any contents might be in.
The development marked the latest turn in a months-long search for the capsule, which contemporaneous news accounts indicate was placed during a cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1887 attended by thousands of people. ...
Earlier this month, crews dismantling the pedestal found a time capsule embedded in a granite block that some initially thought might have been the one placed in 1887. But after state conservators spent hours last week gingerly prying the box open, they didn’t find the expected trove of objects related to the Confederacy. ...
The search for the 1887 time capsule resumed Monday.
Devon Henry, the contractor whose company was overseeing the removal, said the box was found inside a granite enclosure basically at ground level, surrounded by fill and other construction material. Workers pulled off the top of the granite enclosure to find the box, which appeared to be made of copper, sitting in water ...
The box was then covered in bubble wrap and transported by vehicle from the site for further study ...
Henry said it was found Monday in the northeast corner of the pedestal, about 4 feet (1.2 meters) below the area initially searched. ...
A turn of events in Richmond, regarding the time capsule believed to have been installed in the Lee monument ...
The box discovered and opened 5 days ago (see above) was not the official 1887 time capsule they'd been searching for. The originally sought time capsule was discovered today as crews removed the remnants of the monument's pedestal and base. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/1...psule-opened-Richmond-Virginia/7691640729127/Conservators open second time capsule found under Robert E. Lee statue
The second time capsule found underneath the former site of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va., was opened Tuesday, revealing contents including newspapers, books, coins, letters and a bullet.
Conservators from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources opened the time capsule, which was found Monday under the pedestal ... , and found water had entered the copper box, causing its contents to expand and make their extraction difficult. ...
The box was found to contain items including an 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly magazine, which featured a clear image of a person weeping over Abraham Lincoln's grave, as well as a Bible with a coin stuck to it, a Richmond directory and various newspapers, books, coins and letters.
The time capsule also contained several minie balls, a type of bullet commonly used during the Civil War.
The capsule opened Tuesday is believed to be the 1887 time capsule that was known to historians. Another capsule was found previously and opened last week ...
"It is a second time capsule and likely the one that was known to have been placed in the pedestal," DHR director Julie Langan told CNN. "The one recovered last week was unexpected and likely left by men involved in the construction."
There must be a transcript and translation online.An unorthodox time capsule.
Finding the right place to hide a time capsule can be tricky.
Stashing a box inside the walls of your childhood home is a little creepy, and sealing your treasured trinkets in something that looks like a bomb could prompt a citywide evacuation and get all your stuff blown up. But a Spanish priest in 1777 had the right idea, and decided to hide a little note about his life in a place almost nobody would think to look—inside Jesus's butt.
According to the New York Post, art restorers in Spain said they uncovered a centuries-old, rolled-up note while working on an old wooden statue of Christ. Employees at the restoration company Da Vinci Restauro first noticed a small opening in the hollow statue's bum covered by an old piece of cloth, and when they took a closer look inside, they realized that the statue was home to a secret scroll.
The handwritten document is basically a time capsule, documenting everyday life in 18th-century Spain. Its author, a priest named Joaquin Minguez, reportedly slipped the note inside a crack in the statue's ass for safe keeping sometime around 1777, likely expecting it to be pulled from the depths of Christ's butt and read by some distant, future generation.
Now, hundreds of years later, that's finally come to pass.
Minguez was a priest at the cathedral of Burgo de Osma in Central Spain, where the Jesus statue was displayed at the time he penned the note. In it, he covers a huge assortment of topics, from the state of Spain at the time to his town's economics to then-current trends and celebrities to the effects of typhus fever, according to the Sun. ...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5dx9d/holy-shit-note-found-in-jesus-statue-butt-vgtrn
FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/iowa-city-dd346d03d034389104294d165dc793fbIowa town asks: Where did we put our time capsule?
The small northwest Iowa city of Sheldon planned to make the opening of a time capsule one of the centerpiece events of its 150th anniversary this weekend, but it ran into a slight problem.
No one is sure where the time capsule is buried.
“We’re trying to find instructions on exactly where it’s at before we just start digging,” said Sheldon Chamber of Commerce Director Ashley Nordahl. “We think we know where it is ...”
The time capsule was buried 50 years ago during Sheldon’s centennial celebration and over time its specific location became a bit fuzzy. Event organizers had planned to open the time capsule during a town birthday celebration Friday morning ... They then planned to place new items inside the capsule and rebury it. ...
The other events will go on as planned, with the time capsule unveiling delayed until workers can find it. To do that, the city will hire a company with an underground radar system that helped the nearby city of Sibley find its time capsule earlier this year.
“We still have every intention of finding it and digging it up,” Nordahl said. “It’s just a little more involved than what we originally had planned.” ...
There is an International Time Capsule Society that tries to sort all these capsules out. ...
Not the ppe aid stuff though, I would think.Ohio firefighters find 118-year-old time capsule buried in fire station
Captain Ryan Redmon and a group of six firefighters from the City of Marion Ohio Fire Department were on a mission to retrieve an old department cornerstone from a retired fire station that was about to be demolished, but they ended up finding something truly unexpected.
The Marion Fire Department (MFD) has recently been researching the history of their department, going back to 1848.
On May 25, Redmon and the firefighters went down to the old Marion Fire Department Station No. 2, which was built in 1905, to excavate their department's cornerstone for preservation purposes before the building was scheduled to be torn down.
As Redmon and his team were about to leave, they pulled out one last brick and saw a copper box fall out of the sandstone.
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Inside the 118-year-old copper box were dozens of well-preserved memorabilia referencing the department including: nine MFD badges from the "turn of the century," an invitation to the 1878 "Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Fireman’s Association Fireman’s Games" (which is still held today), four newspapers from July 1905 and much more.
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