And pretty much everyone in attendance had the same joke about Mayor Menino. Photo by Bryanna Cappadona The highly anticipated opening of the Old State House time capsule happened Thursday afternoon held at Skylight Studios in Woburn. Although materials inside the capsule were intended to be extracted and revealed at the event, the shoe-sized box appeared to be too jam-packed to dive into without harming any of the century-old materials. Based on what is visible from the birds-eye opening of the capsule, a red hardcover book is inside and surrounded by papers. Elizabeth Roscio, Continue reading >>>

A time capsule placed inside the head of the lion statue at the Old State House in Boston in 1901 was carefully removed yesterday at a Woburn studio, revealing a surprise — a red, hardcover book.The shoebox-sized time capsule was removed by Robert Shure, president of Skylight Studios, where the copper and gold-leaf lion statue had been brought for refurbishing.The Bostonian Society had expected to find photographs and newspaper clippings in the capsule, but didn’t expect to find a book.The items were not immediately take out of the box — the Bostonian Society plans to remove and examine them Continue reading >>>

WOBURN, Mass. — A 113-year-old, shoebox-sized time capsule was removed Thursday from the head of a lion statue where it had long sat atop one of Boston's most famous landmarks.When the copper box was carefully pried open, it revealed at least one mystery: a red, hardcover book with no visible title or markings. The contents of the book — and the rest of the items in the box — will remain a mystery for a bit longer, as they were deemed too fragile to remove immediately.The time capsule was placed inside the lion's head in 1901 and then forgotten. Its presence at the Old State House had recently Continue reading >>>

WOBURN, Mass. -- Historians who opened a small copper box that been hidden in the head of a lion statue atop a Boston building for more than a century got a small surprise: a hardcover book.In addition to the expected papers, the Bostonian Society on Thursday found the small red book inside the 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.Society President Brian LeMay said he was "absolutely delighted" by the discovery.The time capsule has been Continue reading >>>

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The time capsule has been sealed inside the lion's head since 1901. Rumors of its existence were confirmed last month when the statue was taken down from the Old State House for refurbishing.(Photo: KEN MACLEOD/WBZ-TV)WOBURN, Mass. -- Historians who opened a small copper box that been hidden in the head of a lion statue atop a Boston building for more than a century got a small surprise: a hardcover book.In addition to the expected papers, the Bostonian Society on Thursday found the small red book inside the box roughly the size of a modern shoebox. The book had no visible markings, and nothing Continue reading >>>

Representatives from the Bostonian Society talk to the media after opening a 113-year-old time capsule, which was found inside a lion statue, at Skylight Studios in Woburn, Massachusetts, October 9, 2014. [Reuters] A fun coincidence of history: In Boston and New York this week, two unrelated openings of time capsules left by people 113 and 100 years ago, respectively. They are two of the country's oldest time capsules. In NYC on Wednesday, The New York Historical Society opened a time capsule created in 1914 by Wall Street businessmen celebrating New York as a center of commerce. Continue reading >>>

 

The mystery of the time capsule inside the head of a golden lion statue on Boston’s Old State House will linger for a little while longer.With a host of reporters handy and the rapid rat-a-tat of camera shutters, the Bostonian Society Thursday morning opened the capsule that had been sealed and hidden in the statue for more than 100 years. Continue reading below A bright, red hardback book surrounded by paper was revealed. But to the disappointment of the assembled onlookers, that’s all they got to see. The society said it would not immediately unpack the contents Continue reading >>>

The mystery of the copper box found inside the head of a Lion’s statue gets one step closer to being solved today as plans are underway to open the time capsule of sorts. Hidden in a lion statue on top of one of Boston’s historic buildings is a box that holds some secrets of the city’s past. The Bostonian Society will engage in the delicate opening of that box today, according to The Huffington Post on Oct. 9.The Lion's head time capsule from the statue in Boston to be removed and opened today.YouTube screen shotRumors of the box’s existence have swirled around the iconic Boston State House Continue reading >>>