A crowd of people gather outside the courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1957,
to witness the burial of an unusual time capsule a brand-new gold-and white Plymouth Belvedere
car .The city leaders explained : “in exactly 50 years time, this car will be unearth to show the world who we are and how we live in Tulsa in 1957”
The automobile contained a flag, a city phone directory, a case of beer an unpaid parking
ticket, and the contents of woman’s purse; bobby pin, a ladies powders compact, a plastic
rain cap, several combs, a tube of lipstick, a pack of gum, a wad of tissues, 2.73 in bills and coins, a pack cigarettes with matches, and bottle of tranquillzers. Five gallon of gas were also included in case the combustion engine became obsolete by 2007 no fuel was available
The event attracted all sorts of people to Denver Avenue that day in 1957. Some thought that
the idea of buying a new car was dumb ; others thought it was brilliant. Raffle ticket (for the car)
were sold. The person to guess the approximate population of Tulsa in 2007 would win. “I’ll never be alive,” said Teddy Baxter, aged 6, “Sure you will,” answered his brother Henry, who was 19.
“I might not be, but you‘ll be around for sure”
Gene McDaniel, who was 20 at the time, thought “In 2007 I’ll be around 70 – I’ll never make it”
The Plymouth was wrapped in protective materials and lowered into a concrete vault, with was supposed to withstand even a nuclear attack. It lay there for 50 years. On June 13 2007 the vault was opened and the car was raised as thousands of people watched. The organizer of event said
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you Miss Belvedere “Unfortunately the tomb was unable to protect the car from moisture, and the vintage vehicle was covered in rust. The contents of a typical woman’s handbag in the glove compartment looked like a lump of rotted leather. The microfilm
that recorded the names of the contestants wasn’t found. There was a bit of disappointment that the items were not in better condition. However, some items inside the time capsule were in good shape – they included a U.S flag and some of historical documents such as aerial maps of the city and postcards.
The good news is that when the Belvedere was unearthed, Teddy and Gene were still alive.
They never thought they would be here to see it happen. Someone present said, “It’s our King Tut’s tomb. It’s like fairy Tale”
A crowd of people gather outside the courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1957,to witness the burial of an unusual time capsule a brand-new gold-and white Plymouth Belvederecar .The city leaders explained : “in exactly 50 years time, this car will be unearth to show the world who we are and how we live in Tulsa in 1957”The automobile contained a flag, a city phone directory, a case of beer an unpaid parkingticket, and the contents of woman’s purse; bobby pin, a ladies powders compact, a plastic rain cap, several combs, a tube of lipstick, a pack of gum, a wad of tissues, 2.73 in bills and coins, a pack cigarettes with matches, and bottle of tranquillzers. Five gallon of gas were also included in case the combustion engine became obsolete by 2007 no fuel was availableThe event attracted all sorts of people to Denver Avenue that day in 1957. Some thought thatthe idea of buying a new car was dumb ; others thought it was brilliant. Raffle ticket (for the car)were sold. The person to guess the approximate population of Tulsa in 2007 would win. “I’ll never be alive,” said Teddy Baxter, aged 6, “Sure you will,” answered his brother Henry, who was 19.“I might not be, but you‘ll be around for sure”Gene McDaniel, who was 20 at the time, thought “In 2007 I’ll be around 70 – I’ll never make it”The Plymouth was wrapped in protective materials and lowered into a concrete vault, with was supposed to withstand even a nuclear attack. It lay there for 50 years. On June 13 2007 the vault was opened and the car was raised as thousands of people watched. The organizer of event said “Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you Miss Belvedere “Unfortunately the tomb was unable to protect the car from moisture, and the vintage vehicle was covered in rust. The contents of a typical woman’s handbag in the glove compartment looked like a lump of rotted leather. The microfilmthat recorded the names of the contestants wasn’t found. There was a bit of disappointment that the items were not in better condition. However, some items inside the time capsule were in good shape – they included a U.S flag and some of historical documents such as aerial maps of the city and postcards.The good news is that when the Belvedere was unearthed, Teddy and Gene were still alive.They never thought they would be here to see it happen. Someone present said, “It’s our King Tut’s tomb. It’s like fairy Tale”
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