The highly-anticipated Thursday opening of a time capsule that been hidden in the head of a lion statue atop a historical landmark for more than a century yielded nothing but a red book.
The Bostonian Society had expected the time capsule to include letters, newspaper clippings and other items from 1901, the year it was placed in the statue on the Old State House.
Papers were found, along with the red book inside the copper box roughly the size of a modern shoebox.
The book had no visible markings, and nothing was taken out of the box because of the items’ fragile condition. So, the contents of the book remain a mystery, for now.
The time capsule was sealed inside the lion’s head since 1901 and then forgotten — until recently. Rumors of its existence were confirmed last month when the statue was taken down from the Old State House for refurbishing.
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