Time management: Museum capsule filled with '60s gems
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December 12, 2018
FORWARD FROM THE PAST – After ten minutes of prying and pulling, the lid was off the time capsule left by the Skagit County Historical Museum’s founders. Pioneer family member Darrell McCormick, not pictured, was assisted by his cousin, Liza Peth Bott, left, entranced by the capsule’s contents. Museum archivist Mari Densmore records each item while Karen Summers, staff curator, takes a hands-off approach. Dave Johnson is pausing from his emcee-ing duties. – Photo by Ken Stern
There was mystery in history here Thursday night.
A mystery years in the making, in fact, one in which secrets from the past were unlocked as part of an ongoing Golden Anniversary celebration at the Skagit County Historical Museum, atop what La Connerites used to call Auto View Hill.
A standing room only crowd gathered in the museum’s east wing to witness the long-awaited opening of a time capsule embedded in one of the building’s walls nearly a half-century ago.
Geraldo Rivera should’ve been there to take notes as this was a journey back in time that didn’t disappoint.
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