Time capsule search 2000-1

2000 color photograph of workers around a large soldier monument in the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
2000 color photograph  of workers around  a large soldier monument in the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.  In the background can be seen a bandstand in the park, the old McHenry Courthouse building and other two story brick buildings.
2000 color photograph of workers searching for a time capsule they believed was under the base of a large soldier monument they are working on.   The soldier monument is located in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
2000 color photograph of workers searching for a time capsule they believed was under the base of a large soldier monument they are working on.   The soldier monument is located in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
2000 color photograph of workers searching for a time capsule they believed was under the base of a large soldier monument they are working on.   The soldier monument is located in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
2000 color photograph of the space at the base of a statue where it was believed a time capsule was hidden.   The large soldier monument is located in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois.

Title

Time capsule search 2000-1

Description

This series of photos is called "Looking for the Time Capsule." Jim Clegg was responsible for a project that listed the names of all the Civil War soldiers that lost their lives in that war. Before the names were installed around the base of the Civil War Soldier Monument in the Square a group of history buffs tried to locate the time capsule that had reputedly been put under the statue when it was installed in 1909. This series of photos (six photos are scanned with an additional six not scanned but stored behind these photos in the sleeves) document the search. In the first photo, the wooden frame has already been erected around the base of the statue for support and to outline the area where the granite stones with the names will be placed. In the second photo, Jim Clegg is facing the camera. In the third photo, three men examine the area under the statue, including Tony Zoia on the right. The fourth photo shows the bystanders: unknown, Al Wilson, city engineer, Eileen Millard, Woodstock Independent reporter, Jim Clegg's back, Tim Clifton, city manager, and an unknown newspaper photographer.The last photo shows the empty indentation where the time capsule (probably?) had been located but there is no way to really know.

Creator

Source

Keefe, Jim

Date

2000

Citation

Keefe, Jim, “Time capsule search 2000-1,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/416.

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