Treasures from the Flushing Town Hall time capsule

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Last weekend, Flushing Town Hall held an opening reception of its exhibition celebrating the historic building’s 150 years. The Hall’s cornerstone was laid on June 7, 1862, and along withit was a time capsule, filled with coins, business cards, a copy of the New York Times, and other items from that era.

We stopped by and checked out all the things that had been buried in that time capsule, and it was fascinating. Here are some photos of some of them. Click on the photos to enlarge.

A pamphlet about the laying of the corner stone at Flushing Town Hall.

Those three business cards in the foreground are from the time capsule.

Old linen wanted for wounded soldiers.

Coins from the era and more pamphlets.

Procedures for the Board of Supervisors of Queens.

The time capsule itself.