Alan Barnett, a local government archivist with the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, displays a copy of the Deseret Evening News as he unboxes an 1887 time capsule at the division’s office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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Alan Barnett, a local government archivist with the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, displays a copy of the Deseret Evening News as he unboxes an 1887 time capsule at the division’s office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which showed the school was originally built as the Congregationalist academy. The contents were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month.

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Brian Carpenter, left, and George Zinn talk about the small typeface of an edition of the Deseret Evening News on display at the Utah Division of Archives and Record Service in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The paper was found in an 1887 time capsule that was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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Alan Barnett, a local government archivist with the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, unpacks an 1887 time capsule at the division's office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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Alan Barnett, a local government archivist with the Utah Division of Archives and Record Service, displays an unused piece of chewing gum as he unpacks an 1887 time capsule at the divison's office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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The contents of an 1887 time capsule that was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s are displayed at the Utah Division of Archives and Record Service in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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Alan Barnett, a local government archivist with the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, and Laurie Bryant, right, inspect the contents of an 1887 time capsule at the division's office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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Beau Burgess, director of the Fort Douglas Military Museum, inspects the contents of an 1887 time capsule at the Utah Division of Archives and Record Service in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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A woman inspects the contents of an 1887 time capsule at the Utah Division of Archives and Record Service in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The time capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of the Ogden Central Junior High School when it was torn down in the early 1960s. At the time, the metal box was cut open to reveal its contents, which were then returned to the box and put in storage at the Ogden School District offices. The time capsule and its contents were eventually sent to the Utah State Archives and Record Services for permanent preservation. The time capsule was reopened in celebration of American Archives Month. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
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