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Lower Merion High School Opening 1910 Time Capsule Monday

A copper box was sealed during the building of Lower Merion's first high school.

Monday morning, the contents of a “date stone,” laid during construction of the first Lower Merion Senior High School on Montgomery Avenue in 1910, will be opened, school district officials announced today.

The copper box, which was soldered shut, is thought to be a time capsule filled with contents related to fin de siècle suburban life.

“Ideally, we will get a glimpse of what was happening in Lower Merion and the world 100 years ago,” said Sean Hughes, Lower Merion's principal, in a statement. “We have no idea what might be inside the box or what kind of condition it may be in after all these years, but it will certainly be fun to find out.”

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The public is invited to attend the 20-minute ceremony at 8:30 a.m., to be held at the school’s front entrance, facing Montgomery Avenue.

Afterward, the school will unveil its 2011 date stone, in honor of the new high school that opened last fall, and launch a year-long celebration of Lower Merion High School’s 100th anniversary on Montgomery Avenue.

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