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1931 Time Capsule

January 26, 2012 by · Comments Off on 1931 Time Capsule 

1931 Time Capsule1931 Time Capsule, Adam Kahan, Vice President, University Advancement at Ryerson University handles the copper box that held the contents of a time capsule buried 80 years ago under Maple Leaf Gardens, Thursday morning, January 26, 2012, The ivory elephant

A small ivory elephant found in a 1931 time capsule during the overhaul of Maple Leaf Gardens has the new owners of the building baffled.

Experts contacted by Loblaws and Ryerson University for insight were unable to explain why the elephant was there.

The small carved trinket, made with fragments of blue ribbon, was among a dozen items – including hockey rule books and newspapers that look aged but remain legible – in the time capsule unveiled on Thursday in the engineering building at Ryerson.

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