Our school is being split in two this next year. A great many teachers in our school will go to the new neighborhood school and open it for the next year. I was at our school when it opened and Dianna, one of our teachers developed a time capsule. I was reading about the time capsule of New York City…
“What is now thought of as a “time capsule” has more recent origins dating to 1937, when preparations for the 1939 New York World’s Fair brought about suggestions to bury one for 5,000 years. The 1939 New York World’s Fair time capsule was created by Westinghouse as part of its exhibit. It was 90 inches long, with an interior diameter of 6.5 inches, and weighed 800 pounds. Westinghouse named the copper, chromium and silver alloy “Cupaloy,” claiming it had the same strength as mild steel. Everyday items such as a spool of thread and doll, a Book of Record (description of the capsule and its creators), a vial of staple food-crop seeds, a microscope and a 15-minute RKO Pathé ”
Capsules are important for a variety of reasons. ‘Want to create your own capsule?