100-Year-Old Time Capsule Opened in Oklahoma

[Renew Deal]

100 years ago a ladies group buried a time capsule with all kinds of documents and items from every day life. Fox 25 was there when the time capsule was finally unearthed.

With great fanfare, The Century Chest made its way to the front of the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City. For the first time in 100 years, documents wrapped in brown paper and tied with string got a breath of fresh air.

“I’ve never seen a time capsule so carefully executed,” said Mayor Mick Cornett.

Using white glove to preserve integrity, the Historical Society first brought forth “The Daily Oklahoman.” The date - April 22, 1913.

For a century, documents gathered by the church’s “Ladies Aid Society” have been well-preserved in the basement. The six-foot long chest was buried in double cement walls and below 12 inches on concrete.
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http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kokh_vid_10795.shtml

Watch the video. It's pretty cool to see these old things preserved.

[gateley]

1. How cool! I'm glad that one woman was able to see what her ancestors had contributed.

And I LOVED the Native artifacts!

Thanks!

[bunnies]

2. I cant get over the condition of that stuff!

Its amazing!

[Auggie]

3. No singing/dancing frog?

[Deep13]

4. Turns out nothing in Oklahoma has changed in 100 years.

[Rowdyboy]

6. As recently as the early 1970's they had a great liberal Democratic senator-Fred Harris....

Its really sad to see just how far the state has degenerated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_R._Harris

In 1964 Harris entered the race to serve out the unexpired term of United States Senator Robert S. Kerr, who had died in office. He was successful, defeating former Governor J. Howard Edmondson, who had been appointed to succeed Kerr, in the Democratic primary, then narrowly upsetting Republican nominee and legendary Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson by 51% to 49%, and was sworn in as soon as the vote totals could be verified, becoming, again, one of the youngest members of the body in which he was serving. Despite being fairly liberal from an increasingly conservative state, he was elected to a full term in 1966, defeating attorney Pat H. Patterson by a 54% to 46% margin. During this Senate term, he also served briefly as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, being both preceded and succeeded in that position by Larry O'Brien. Harris was one of the final two candidates considered by Vice President and Presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey to be the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1968; Humphrey ultimately chose Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine due to Harris' young age (37) at the time.[1] Humphrey, according to former DNC Chair Lawrence O'Brien, chose Senator Muskie at the very last minute.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. The republican soul wasn't locked in there?