Conservator opens 1887 time capsule found beneath Robert E. Lee statue
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A time capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is uncovered on Monument Avenue, Friday Dec. 17, in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land given to the city of Richmond.2/11
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Workers guide a stone containing a time capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee off the pedestal on Monument Avenuem Friday Dec. 17, in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land given to the city of Richmond.3/11
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A stone containing a time capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was placed on a pallet on Monument Avenue, Friday Dec. 17, in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land given to the city of Richmond.4/11
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Conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Chelsea Blake, works to open a time capsule that was removed form the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va.5/11
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Virignia Gov. Ralph Northam, right, and his wife, Pam, left, watch as conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Chelsea Blake, center, works to open a time capsule that was removed form the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. The time capsule was placed in 1887.6/11
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Virignia Gov. Ralph Northam, center, watches as lead conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Kate Ridgway, left, and Sue Donovon, conservator for Special Collections for the University of Virginia, right, remove the contents of a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. Three books and an envelope with a photo were inside the box.7/11
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Sue Donovan, conservator for Special Collections at the University of Virginia, removes a book from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. Three books and an envelope with a photo were inside the box.8/11
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Sue Donovan, conservator for Special Collections at the University of Virginia, works on an envelope that was removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. Three books and an envelope with a photo were inside the box.9/11
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Conservator for Special Collections from the University of Virginia Sue Donovan, removes paper from a photograph that was removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. Three books and an envelope with a photo and a coin were inside the box.10/11
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A book that was removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va. Three books and an envelope with a photo and a coin were inside the box.11/11
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Three books and a coin and envelope were removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. Wednesday Dec. 22, in Richmond, Va.
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