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Time Capsule I was created for the 1939 New York World's Fair and Time Capsule II was created for the 1964 New York World's Fair. The second capsule is placed ten feet north of the first capsule. The capsules are filled with physical objects of that time period of social and scientific interest.
The 1939 time capsule was followed in 1965 by a second capsule at the same site, but 10 feet (3.0 m) to the north of the original. Both capsules are buried 50 feet (15 m) below Flushing Meadows Park, site of the Fair. Both the 1939 and 1965 Westinghouse Time Capsules are meant to be opened in 6939.
A time capsule hidden since 1887 in a pedestal beneath a statue of Robert E. Lee was opened in December 2021 after the statue's removal, revealing an 1875 almanac, a waterlogged book of fiction, a British coin, a catalog, a letter and a photograph of a master stonemason who worked on the pedestal. [64] 1887 Dedham Museum and Archive: Dedham ...
May 18—The contents of an 82-year-old time capsule were unveiled Saturday, May 15, in the Delhi Courthouse Square as part of the yearlong celebration of the village's bicentennial. "I'm not only ...
Westinghouse time capsule exhibit. The Crypt of Civilization intrigued America and was replicated by many others. George Edward Pendray, a public relations executive in the mid-1930s, created the Westinghouse time capsule for a public ceremony for the 1939–40 New York World's Fair, to raise awareness of his company's repository vault. [30]
Inside the centennial time capsule, officials found 15 artifacts dating back to 1924 and earlier, including a film of the 1921 groundbreaking for the memorial, the 1917 Declaration of War and a ...
Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital Tuesday pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue ...
10 finalists were chosen and their designs were put on display with items to be placed in the capsule during the Capturing Time: The New York Times Capsule exhibition at the museum. [ 6 ] When the exhibition closed on March 26, 2000 the capsule was shipped back to A.R.T. Design in Lancaster, PA so the chosen artifacts could be placed inside on ...