![]() Los Angeles Times: Sunken Canadian stern-wheeler is an underwater time capsule. ![]() National Geographic: Cold War “Time Capsule” Found in Brooklyn Bridge.CBS News: That Buried Car? A Bucket Of Rust.Oglethorpe University:Experts List the Most-Wanted Time Capsules.Oglethorpe University: The Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University.Matt Novak has written a lengthy series of articles about Time Capsules for Gizmodo. But when hoisted from its temporary tomb in front of a crowd in 2007, the car emerged a rusted-out bucket of bolts-victim of the earth’s moisture. Shrouded in plastic and encased in a concrete casket, the vehicle was prepared to weather a nuclear attack and emerge pristine and triumphant a half-century later. In 1957, residents of Tulsa, Okla., buried a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere. Not all time capsule projects turn out as their creators envision. The Smithsonian now owns the time capsule, to be “reopened” at some later date. Over a 30-day stretch in the fall of 2006, Yahoo users submitted photos, writings, videos and audio to Yahoo’s “electronic anthropology” project. Yahoo’s online time capsule embodies this evolution. A highlight from the list is the Bicentennial Wagon Train Time Capsule, which held the signatures of 22 million Americans, but was stolen from the back of a van at its sealing ceremony on July 4, 1976.Īs technology has evolved since the burial of the first time capsule, so has the time-honored tradition of burying a box in the ground. In 1991, the International Time Capsule Society, appropriately based at Oglethorpe University, published a list of the “ 10 Most Wanted Time Capsules.” According to the society, many time capsules are never exhumed or are lost to “thievery, secrecy or poor planning.” The 10 capsules listed (three of which have since been accounted for) are the most coveted of these lost vessels. Westinghouse published this book about how the first one was built to last, and how it planned for future generations to learn of its existence and decipher the contents. Its vast inventory is listed online, and includes more than 640,000 pages of microfilm from nearly 800 written works, a diversity of appliances, household items, garments and accessories, personal hygiene products and more.Ī similarly ambitious endeavor is the Westinghouse Time Capsule buried in connection with the New York World’s Fair in 1939, and scheduled to be opened 5000 years later, in 6939 a “twin” capsule was buried nearby during the New York World’s Fair in 1965. Thornwell Jacobs, then-president of Oglethorpe University, in Atlanta, Ga. The 20’ x 10’ x 10’ stainless steel vault in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall was sealed in 1940, and will not be reopened until 8113 A.D. Perhaps the largest, most ambitious time capsule project is Oglethorpe University’s Crypt of Civilization. Take a look at some unique time capsules that await opening, and some that have already been unearthed. They encourage a dialogue with history, and speak through the artifacts of culture. Time capsules allow their creators to freeze moments in time and communicate those moments to future generations.
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