After several years studying the history of time capsules, Nick Yablon had the opportunity last week to be involved in the opening of one.  A bronze chest, sealed on Wall Street in 1914 but forgotten for several decades, was finally opened at the New-York Historical Society, in the presence of a large crowd.  Nick served as a historical consultant in the planning stages and speaker at the opening.

He describes the time capsule at http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/elegant-bronze-time-capsule-rediscovered-new-york-historical-society-awaits-opening/.

Its opening is described on the following news sites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/nyregion/contents-of-time-capsule-long-forgotten-are-less-than-memorable.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/09/new-york-historians-time-capsule-100-years

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2786448/Greetings-New-York-1974-Long-forgotten-time-capsule-opened-100-years-40-years-late-containing-telegram-written-city-s-governor-successor.html

Photos of the event can be viewed here:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonpremosch/teen-scientists-create-a-time-capsule-for-the-future?utm_term=rufzih#rufzih

https://mashable.com/2014/10/09/100-year-old-time-capsule/

https://untappedcities.com/2014/10/09/what-was-inside-the-oldest-unopened-time-capsule-at-ny-historical-society/

There are videos of the event here:

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10/08/opening-of-nyc-time-capsule-brings-1914-into-the-present/

And the NPR story can be found at https://www.npr.org/2014/10/09/354754595/forgotten-time-capsule-finally-opened.