104-year-old time capsule found during demolition of Minnesota high school

During a demolition task of a erstwhile Minnesota precocious school, building workers discovered successful nan rubble a clip capsule from 1920.

The capsule, which was buried astatine Owatonna High School in Owatonna, Minnesota, was recovered arsenic nan building unit was pulling down nan beforehand pillars and doors of nan school.

The clip capsule was opened during a organization arena connected Monday, pinch nan items recovered wrong including a roster of nan teachers and administrators astatine Owatonna Public Schools successful 1920, nan precocious schoolhouse magnet, the high schoolhouse newspaper, 3 section newspapers and financial statements.

“We were thrilled to observe that a clip capsule had been placed successful nan cornerstone of nan precocious school,” nan schoolhouse district’s superintendent, Jeff Elstad, told Fox Television Stations. “It’s ever breathtaking to study much astir nan history of our organization and nan group who had nan foresight to build a awesome schoolhouse that would service truthful galore students for generations.”

“While you ne'er cognize precisely what mightiness beryllium included, galore of nan items specified arsenic newspapers and section history are emblematic of what is included successful a clip capsule … It was particularly nosy to observe nan items that specifically shared accusation astir nan schools astatine that time,” he added.

The Owatonna High School Museum Committee is moving pinch nan Steele County Historical Society to barren and sphere nan items.

A determination will past beryllium made arsenic to which items will beryllium displayed astatine nan schoolhouse and which will beryllium moved into nan humanities society’s collections.

Elstad said nan find has allowed nan organization to look backmost astatine section history.

“We admit nan humanities value of nan clip capsule and are committed to continuing to sphere our history for generations to come,” he said.