On April 22, 2013, the Oklahoma Historical Society in partnership with the First Lutheran Church unearthed a 6-ft x 3-ft x 3-ft (1.83m x 0.91m x 0.91m) chest, buried in the church’s basement exactly 100 years prior.
The complete contents will be preserved and exhibited at the Oklahoma History Center later this year. It will be fascinating to discover the content located inside the countless sealed packages and envelopes, as well as going through the box of recorded messages.
The Daily Oklahoman, April 22, 1913
Oklahoma State Flag
Desk telephone, Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Edison Graphophone
Pen used by President McKinley
to sign the Free Homes Bill
Quilt adorned with signatures of 720 City Builders
To the descendants of Nathan Samuel Sherman
A Tin of Quality Coffee
Dress, Brock Dry Goods Co.
Recorded Message entitled, “Bedouin Love Song“
by Mr. Merle Bennett, baritone
Constitution, Treaties and Laws of the Chickasaw Nation
Oklahoma State Fair Expo plate and a Marble
Photo of the pastor of the First Lutheran Church, 1913
Shoes, Mellon Dry Goods Co.
Native American translation Bible (Choctaw)
Unopened packages and letters
“View from the Dam at the Water Works” by Nellie Shepherd
“…to our friends of 2013…”
Boys suit, Chas. A. Finnegar
Costume Royal Magazine
Message to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Oklahoma City High School – Course of Study, 1913
Evans Hall, University of Oklahoma
Newspaper in Cherokee
Hat, Kerr Dry Goods Co.
More unopened messages
“Orchard Scene” by Miss Martha Avey
Wax Sealed Letter
Messages from the blind of 1913 to the blind of 2013
Newspaper – April 22, 2013
