Virginia conservation experts open copper box time capsule from Robert E. Lee statue
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Workers recovered a copper box believed to be the 1887 time capsule that was put under Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue's pedestal Monday, Dec. 27, in Richmond, Va. Here, the hole in the northeast corner of the foundation where the box was found. Crews found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said.2/11
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Virginia state conservators work on a box believed to be a time capsule left in the pedestal at the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital Tuesday pulled buttons, coins, documents and other artifacts from the time capsule found in the remnants of the pedestal.3/11
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Conservators work on a box believed to be a time capsule left in the pedestal at the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Tuesday’s opening of the aged copper box appeared to mark the end of a long search for the elusive 1887 time capsule.4/11
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Sue Donovan pulls a book from the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.5/11
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A block of wood with a bullet imbedded was one of the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.6/11
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Sue Donovan, left, and Kate Ridgeway, right, dig into the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.7/11
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A Minie ball, a type of bullet, was one of the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.8/11
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Cameras surround Sue Donovan, left, and Kate Ridgeway, right, as they dig into the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.9/11
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A Richmond City Directory was one of the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.10/11
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Gretchen Guidess holds up a ribbon with the likeness of Robert E. Lee, which was one of the artifacts inside the copper box time capsule recovered from the base of the Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.11/11
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Kate Ridgeway holds a pamphlet titled "The Immigrant's Friend" one of the artifacts inside a copper box time capsule recovered from the base of a Robert E. Lee monument, Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Virginia Department of Historical Resources lab in Richmond, Va.
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