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Detroit Century Box
The Detroit City Hall in 1900. It was demolished in 1961.

The Detroit Century Box is a time capsule that was created in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan on December 31, 1900. Mayor William C. Maybury organized the capsule which consists of a copper box filled with photos and letters containing the then current state of affairs in Detroit along with predictions for the future. Mayor Dennis Archer presided over the opening of the capsule on December 31, 2000.[1][2]

  1. ^ Andrea Cecil, "100-year-old time capsule opened in Detroit" Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Republished from the Kalamazoo Gazette (January 2, 2001). Retrieved August 13, 2013
  2. ^ "Future Friday: Century Box Prophecies" Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved August 13, 2013

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