Boston time capsule from 1795 opened
Silver and copper coins dating from 1652 to 1855, found in a 1795 time capsule, are displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 6, 2015 in Boston (Kayana Szymczak / Getty Images)
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Newspapers found in a 1795 time capsule are displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 6, 2015, in Boston. (Kayana Szymczak / Getty Images)
The box which held the contents of the 1795 time capsule is displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts on on J an. 6 Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Head of Objects Conservation Pam Hatchfield displays a silver plaque removed from a time capsule at the museum, on Jan. 6, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Steven Senne/AP)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Head of Objects Conservation Pam Hatchfield displays a coin as she removes it from a 1795 time capsule at the museum on Jan. 6 in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Head of Objects Conservation Pam Hatchfield displays objects removed a 1795 time capsule Jan. 6 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Steven Senne/AP)
Invited guests watch as Pam Hatchfield, the Head of Objects Conservation at the Museum of Fine Art in, Boston, (right, on screen) and Michael Comeau, Director of Massachusetts Archive, (left, on screen) unveil and examine the contents of a 1795 time capsule at the Museum of Fine Art on Jan. 6 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)
