Conservators Recover Books Coins Ammo From 1887 Time Capsule

Conservators Recover Books Coins Ammo From 1887 Time Capsule Conservators recover books, coins, ammo from 1887 time capsule. richmond, va. (wwbt) a portion of richmond’s history was uncovered by a team of conservators at the department of historic resources as they opened a copper box confirmed as the time capsule placed in the very northeast corner of the robert e. lee monument on oct. 27, 1887. A portion of richmond’s history was uncovered by a team of conservators at the department of historic resources as they opened a copper box confirmed as the.

Conservators Recover Books Coins Ammo From 1887 Time Capsule Conservators recover books, coins, ammo from 1887 time capsule. the entire inventory includes 71 objects altogether, with more than 50 items being paper based and books. there were also “19th century–era bullets, silver and copper coins, badges, wood made items, and a “piece of a stone wall.”. state archaeological conservator kate. Book removed from the time capsule with a coin stuck to its cover. (screengrab from 8news livestream) state archaeological conservator kate ridgway used a rotating tool to open a side of the box. Confederate memorabilia and ammo were pulled tuesday from a 19 th century time capsule that had been embedded in a massive pedestal under a robert e. lee statue in richmond, va. preservationists. It was the second time capsule recovered from the lee statue site. an earlier box found last week revealed a few books, a coin and an envelope. that capsule appeared to have been placed by the people who built the statue pedestal, but it wasn't the one that historians were hoping to find.

Conservators Recover Coins Books Ammo And More From 1887 Time Confederate memorabilia and ammo were pulled tuesday from a 19 th century time capsule that had been embedded in a massive pedestal under a robert e. lee statue in richmond, va. preservationists. It was the second time capsule recovered from the lee statue site. an earlier box found last week revealed a few books, a coin and an envelope. that capsule appeared to have been placed by the people who built the statue pedestal, but it wasn't the one that historians were hoping to find. Published dec 22, 2021 at 6:38 pm est. by lora korpar. fellow. three water damaged books, a silver coin and a cloth envelope were recovered from an 1887 time capsule found inside the pedestal of. The richmond dispatch had published a list of the time capsule’s 60 articles in october 1887. seemingly everything pulled out of the box tuesday matched an item on the list. it’s unclear if.