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The Delray Beach Preservation Trust dedicated its message to the future in December, a time capsule that won’t be opened for a century.
The capsule, which is housed in the lobby of City Hall and celebrates the city’s centennial, contains photos of Delray Beach and more.
Dan Sloan, who spoke on behalf of the Preservation Trust before the commission at its Dec. 4 meeting, said the capsule included his organization’s newsletter, newspapers, photographs and information about the Franklin House restoration as well as from Delray Now and Then — a project that included interviews with every living mayor of Delray Beach.
The items in the capsule are documented, so town officials and residents of tomorrow “will know what’s in there in the future before they open it,” Sloan said.
The capsule also holds a coloring book with drawings of buildings significant to the city and information on the Preservation Trust’s double matching grants program.
Technology, of course, is part of the time capsule, which will hold artifacts including an iPod and an incandescent light bulb. Sloan pointed out the latter will be obsolete in just a year or two.
— Margie Plunkett