BOSTON, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- The Bostonian Society released images of the items found in a time capsule from 1901. The capsule, found inside the statue of a lion on the corner of Boston's Old State House, was opened on Tuesday.
A complete inventory of the items recovered, courtesy of the Bostonian Society:
- Foreign Relations of the United States, 1896 (hardback book)
- Blank packing paper
- "Wood removed from the Old Lion age of same 21 years in 1900" (notation hand-written on reverse of business card for American Painting & Decorating Co. and tacked onto the back of the piece of wood)*
- Cabinet card of Mayor A.P. Martin [Mayor 1884] with inscription "Yours truly"
- Photograph of Nathan Matthews, Junior [Mayor 1891-94]
- Photograph of Josiah Quincy [Mayor 1896-1899]
- Photograph of Edwin Curtis [Mayor 1895]
- Sealed letter inscribed "A message to posterity from the daily newspapers at City Hall"*
- Sealed letter from C.W. Ernest, Esq. Mayor's Private Secretary, Boston, Mass.
- Sealed letter from the Boston Traveler
- McKinley and Roosevelt campaign button
- Campaign button for John D. Long, candidate for Vice-President
- Samuel L. Powers for Congress campaign button
- Nail from Old South Church, and a nail from the Old State House
- Unsealed letter from A.J. Rodway, describing the heraldic seal with the Lion and Unicorn
- The Banker Tradesman - pages listing the financial, legal, real estate, and building information, Vol xxix, No. 4, February 20, 1901
- Boston Daily Globe, February 16, 1901 advertisement of circulation
- Boston Transcript, February 19, 1901, from Edw. G. Richardson, City Hall Representative
- The Boston Post, February 19, 1901 and February 21, 1901
- The Boston Herald, February 21, 1901, with leaflets of advertisings rates
- Electrotype of Boston Herald, Herald Boy
- Miniature electrotype of Boston Herald from April 11, 1900
- Die cut for printing of the Boston Herald building, 255 Washington Street
- Cabinet card of Moses Gulesian, (donor of lion and unicorn statues)
- Blank piece of letterhead from M.H. Gulesian
- Business cards for S.D. Rogers & Co (Carpenters and Builders), Mr. Edwin H. Woods (Publisher and Treasurer of the Boston Herald), G. Fred Richmond (Boston Herald), and John A. W. Silver (Deputy Superintendent of Public Buildings)
- 'Organization of the School Committee of the City of Boston,' 1901 (pamphlet)
- Card with inscription "Geo. G. Proctor, 665 Sixth St., South Boston, Mass"
- Parchment scroll listing employees of the Public Buildings Department, February 1901
- Bill for tuition and one piece of music, January 1, 1901 signed by John A. Silver
- Group photograph of individuals who worked on restoration of the Old State House, February 19, 1901
- Grand Army of the Republic lapel button
- Grand Army of the Republic badge
- Boston Journal, photograph showing the 5th Massachusetts regiment
- Fernald Family History, on electrotype?
- Veterans button [GAR?]
- Six photographs of GAR officials [these are pages cut out of a publication]
- Cabinet card of W. Murray Crane, Governor
- Cabinet card of John B. Smith, Governor's Secretary
- Cabinet card of C.G. Davis, Sergeant at Arms
- Cabinet card of William W. Campbell, Deputy Sheriff
- Cabinet card of Thomas Hart, Mayor
- Cabinet card of Milton C. Paige, Superintendent of Public Buildings
- Cabinet card of John A. W. Silver, Deputy Superintendent of Public Buildings
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department Directory, 1901
- Letter from American Painting and Decorating Company about the work done on the Old State House, February 18, 1901