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Artifacts found in the Capitol Building

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Initiative 69 Note Card
Origin Date: ca. 1932-1933
Date Found: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, 4th floor
Velvet brand tobacco tin filled with concrete
Origin Date: ca. 1920’s
Date found: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Room 331
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Medicine Bottle
Origin Date: ca. 1920’s
Date Found: Monday, July 21, 2003
Location: Southeast corner Legislative Building, 1st floor
Coke Cup and Petrified Orange
Origin Date: 1963
Date Found: Friday, April 25, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Room 422 above ceiling
Auditor Cliff Yelle Re-Election Card
Origin Date: 1952
Date Found: Thursday, June 12, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Room 269
Third House “Ulcer Gulch” Official Admittance Card
Origin Date: 1951
Date Found: Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Secretary of State Staff room, 2nd floor
Who’s Who in America Letter to Victor A. Meyers
Origin Date: March 18, 1949
Date Found: December 2002
Location: Legislative Building, 3rd floor, Lt. Governor’s Sec.’s Office, behind plaster
Mert Francis Campaign Card
Origin Date: ca. 1930
Date Found: Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Secretary of State Staff room, 2nd floor
Capitol Patrolman Badge
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Exterior Stone Piece
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: February 28, 2001
Location: Legislative Building, Chief Clerk’s Office
Three Photographs
Origin Date: ca. early 1980’s
Date Found: May 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Room 338A, behind wainscoting
Socket and Lampshades for State Reception Room Chandelier
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: June 2002
Location: Legislative Building, 7th floor catacombs
Plaster Egg and Dart
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: May – June 2003
Location: Legislative Building, 3rd floor, Senate
Plaster Fragments, Stairwell Dustpan
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: February 28, 2001
Location: Legislative Building, House Chamber, 3rd floor
Telephone Wire
Origin Date: ca. 1928 (used up to building’s closure)
Date Found: May 2003
Location: Campus Steam Tunnel, Pleasant Lane
Gold Ring
Origin Date: Unknown
Date Found: February 2003
Location: Storm Drain, Pleasant Lane
Sheep Bone
Origin Date: ca. 1920’s
Date Found: August 1, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, 1st floor east, sanitary sewer trench
Capitol Campus Security Billy Club
Origin Date: ca. 1920’s
Date Found: July 2002
Location: Legislative Building, basement foot locker
Water Drain Lines
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: July 2003
Location: Legislative Building, 1st floor, NW and NE water fountains
Railroad Rail
Origin Date: ca. 1920’s
Date Found: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Room 331
Plaster Frieze
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: February 28, 2001
Location: Legislative Building, House Chamber, ceiling
Galvanized Water Bucket
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: June 2002
Location: Legislative Building, 4 ½ floor SE Stairwell, Senate Storage
Lantern Capitals
Origin Date: ca. 1928
Date Found: April 2003
Location: Legislative Building, Lantern Columns
Capitol Patrol Insignia
Origin Date: ca. 1928

 

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