Cameramen capture the moment as Burbank Parks and Recreation superintendent Wes Koch and Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey bury a time capsule at City Hall as part of a Burbank 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration event. According to the Burbank Leader, the capsule contained, among other things, a Diamond Jubilee flag and medallion, a 1986 city calendar and puzzle, numerous city documents, a Los Angeles county flag, and videotaped segments from KNBC-TV's series on Halley's Comet. The time capsule was opened in 2011.
A reporter and cameraman from KTLA interview Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey at a City Hall time capsule unveiling ceremony on November 24, 1986. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey and a color guard on the City Hall steps at a time capsule unveiling ceremony on November 24, 1986. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey displays a time capsule at a City Hall ceremony on November 24, 1986. A camera operator and two bystanders are visible. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011. In this photo, Mayor Mary Kelsey gives a speech.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011. In this photo, Marc Gillenson attempts to open the time capsule while Mayor Mary Kelsey looks on.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011. In this photo, Marc Gillenson attempts to open the time capsule while Mayor Mary Kelsey looks on.
Library Board vice-chairman Marc Gillenson sifts through the severely damaged contents of a just-opened time capsule. Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey announces from a microphone the items held within the copper box to the gathered from the City Hall steps at the time capsule unveiling on November 24, 1986. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--invoice for landscaping, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011. "Mary Kelsey mayor, Marc Gillenson PSD" --back of photo.
Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey speaks from a microphone from the City Hall steps at a time capsule unveiling on November 24, 1986. A news cameraman from KTLA films Library Board vice-chairman Marc Gillenson as he sifts through the severely damaged contents of the just-opened time capsule. Members of a color guard are partially visible on the steps. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey walks among reporters and onlookers at a time capsule unveiling on November 24, 1986 at Burbank City Hall. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
Library Board vice-chairman Marc Gillenson hands the severely damaged contents of a just-opened time capsule to a Holly Cohn from the City Manager's Office during a ceremony on November 24, 1986 at Burbank City Hall. Former mayor Leland Ayers is visible in the background. According to the Los Angeles Times, the time capsule had been buried in the cornerstone of old Central Library in 1937 and was damaged when the building was demolished in 1963. It stayed unopened and was virtually forgotten until it was rediscovered in the spring of 1986 in the office closet of Library Director Marcia Richards at the newer Central Library. The unveiling event held in November as part of the city's 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration was widely considered a disappointment, as the time capsule contained mostly uninteresting library documents--receipts for library plants, etc.--that had disintegrated over time and from water damage due to "inadequate asbestos wrapping." Richards compared the event to Geraldo Rivera's infamous televised opening of Al Capone's vault. At the City Hall event, Burbank Mayor Mary Kelsey also oversaw the burying of a new capsule that was opened in 2011.
At a Burbank 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration event, Burbank Parks and Recreation superintendent Wes Koch and Burbank mayor Mary Kelsey pose for photographers as they bury a time capsule at City Hall to be opened in 2011. According to the Burbank Leader, the capsule contained, among other things, a Diamond Jubilee flag and medallion, a 1986 city calendar and puzzle, numerous city documents, a Los Angeles county flag, and videotaped segments from KNBC-TV's series on Halley's Comet.
