The Contents of the 1938 Time Capsule


COMPLETE LIST OF CONTENTS

The contents of the Westinghouse Time Capsule fall into five groups:
 
..I. SMALL ARTICLES OF COMMON USE that we wear or use, or which contribute to our comfort, convenience, safety, or health. About 35 in number, these articles are separately described and pictured in the microfilm essay. In addition, labels and descriptions are wrapped with each.
 
.II. TEXTILES AND MATERIALS. About 75 in number, these comprise swatches of various types and weaves of cloth, samples of alloys, plastics, cement, asbestos, coal, etc. Each is described in the microfilm essay, and a further description of the composition, nature and use is wrapped with each sample.
 
III. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Seeds, books, money, type, special texts, etc.
 
IV. AN ESSAY IN MICROFILM, comprising books, speeches, excerpts from books and encyclopaedias, pictures, critiques, reports, circulars, timetables and other printed or written matter; the whole producing inlogical order a description of our time, our arts, sciences, techniques, sources of information and industries. the essay, divided into fifteen sub-sections, contains the equivalent of more than 100 ordinary books; a total of more than 22,000 pages, more than 10,000,000 words and 1,000 pictures. A microscope is included to enable historians of the future to read the microfilm; also included are instructions for making larger reading machines such as those used with microfilm in modern libraries.
 
.V. NEWSREEL. Characteristic or significant scenes in sound film prepared by RKO-Pathe Pictures, Inc. for the Time Capsule. Instructions for making a suitable projection machine to use this film are included in the microfilm Micro-File.
 
Details appear on the following pages, in the order above described. NOTE: Where several competitive items of equal archaeological value were available, but only one could be included, the item selected was chosen by lot. The name of the maker, when given in the following list, is provided only for type and style identification. Choice of any article for the Time Capsule is not to be interpreted either as a special endorsement of that article or a reflection on the quality of any competing article.

I. ARTICLES OF COMMON USE
Contributing to Convenience, Comfort, Health, Safety
Alarm clock
Can opener
Eyeglasses, bifocals (Bausch & Lomb)
Fountain Pen (Waterman)
Mazda electric lamp (Westinghouse, 60 watt, 110 volt)
Mechanical pencil (Waterman)
Miniature camera (Eastman, Bantam K.A. special f.4.5. lens)
Nail file
Padlock and keys (The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company)
Safety pin
Silverware - knife, fork, spoon (Heirloom plate, Grenoble pattern, by Wm. A. Rogers Ltd., Oneida Ltd. Successor)
Tape measure (Keuffel & Esser)
Tooth brush
Tooth powder in small container
Transmitter and receiver of ordinary handset telephone
Watch (small wrist watch for woman)
Westinghouse Sterilamp (bactericidal)

For the Pleasure, Use, and Education of Children
Boy's toy - a mechanical, spring propelled automobile
Girl's toy - a small doll
Mickey-Mouse child's cup of plastic material (Bryant Electric Company)
Set of alphabet blocks

Pertaining to the Grooming and Vanity of Women
Woman's hat, style of Autumn, 1938 (designed specially by Lilly Dache')
Cosmetic make-up kit (Elizabeth Arden Daytime-Cyclamen Color Harmony Box, including two miniature boxes of face-powder, lipstick, rouge, eye shadow)
Rhinestone clip (purchased at Woolworth's)

Pertaining Principally to the Grooming, Vanity or Personal Habits of Men
Container of tobacco
Electric razor and cord (Remington-Rand Close Shaver with Westinghouse motor, General Shaver Corp.)
Package of cigarettes
Safety razor and blades (Gillette Aristocrat one-piece razor, Gillette Safety Razor Co.)
  Smoking pipe (Drinkless Kaywoodie, Kaywoodie Company)
  Tobacco pouch, closed with zipper (Alfred Dunhill of Lundon)

Pertaining to Games pictured and Described in Micro-file:
Baseball
Deck of cards
Golf ball (Kro-flite, A.G. Spalidng & Bros.)
Golf tee
  Poker chips

II. MATERIALS OF OUR DAY
Fabrics:
Asbestos cloth (Johns-Manville)
Cotton swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
Glass fabric samples (Westinghouse glass tape)
Linen swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
Rayon swatches (Du Pont and Celanese)
Rubber fabrics (Lastex cloth, United States Rubber Products, Inc.)
Silk swatches (Jas. McCutcheon & Co.)
Wool swatches (American Woolen Company)

Metals and Metallic Alloys:
Hipernik (Westinghouse)
Aluminum (Commercially pure sample from Aluminum Company of America)
Aluminum high-strength alloy (ST 37 alloy furnished by Aluminum Company of America)
Carbon steel (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Chromium (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Copper (Westinghouse Research Laboratories)
Ferromanganese (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Ferrosilicon (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Ferrovanadium (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Iron (Pure sample from Westinghouse Research Laboratories)
Magnesium high-strength alloy (Dowmetal, furnished by Dow Chemical Company)
Manganese (Electro Metallurgical Comapny)
Silicon (Electro Metallurgical Company)
Stainless steel (Electro Metallurgical Company
Temperable copper (Cupaloy, furnished by Westinghouse)
Hipersil (Westinghouse)
Tungsten wire (Filament for Westinghouse Mazda electric lamp)

Non-Metallic Materials and Substances:
Airplane pulley of laminated phenol plastic Micarta-Westinghouse
Anthracite coal (sealed in glass, furnished by Anthracite Institute)
Artificial cellulose sponge (E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.)
Artificial leather
Asbestos shingle (furnished by Johns-Manville)
Beetleware -- a specimen of urea plastic (Westinghouse)
Carborundum (The Carborundum Company)
Glass wool
Linen packing thread
Leather samples --tanned cowhide, genuine morocco (goatskin)
Lucite -- a specimen of methyl methacrylate plastic (duPont)
Manufactured rubber (tire section furnished by Fisk Tire Co., Inc.)
Micarta -- a specimen of phenol plastic (Westinghouse)
Noiseless gear of laminated phenol plastic Micarta -- Westinghouse
Paper -- four kinds of permanent rag paper used in money, books, permanent ledgers and for special wrapping
Portland Cement (Sample furnished by Portland Cement Co., sealed in glass)
Raw rubber (Furnished by United States Rubber Products, Inc.)
  Transite -- a specimen of material made of asbestos and cement (Johns-Manville)
  Rock wool (Johns-Manville)
  Synthetic "rubber" (Neoprene Chloroprene, furnished by duPont)

III. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Money of the United States:
Dollar bill, silver dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, nickel, penny

Electrical Items:
Electric wall switch (Bryant Electric Company)
Electric lamp socket (Bryant Electric Company)

Seeds (Selected and furnished by U.S. Department of Agriculture -- all samples sealed in glass tubes)
Wheat, corn, oats, tobacco, cotton, flax, rice, soy beans, alfalfa, sugar beets, carrots, barley

Books (All other books, reports, etc. reduced to microfilm)
Selected leather-bound rag-paper copy of the Holy Bible
  Copy of the Book of Record of the Time Capsule

Type (Supplementary to discussion in Micro-file)
Handset type -- Capital and lowercase alphabets of Goudy Village No. 2 type, 14 point
  Linotype -- 8 point Caslon 13 em slug set on standard Linotype in the shop of the Tuckahoe Record, Tuckahoe, N.Y. The line reads: "This type set by Linotype Machine".

Optical Instrument (Other optical instruments described in Micro-File)
Magnifier and viewer for use with microfilm and newsreel film.

Special Texts (Written on permanent paper in non-fading ink)
Special messages from noted men of our time (Albert Einstein, Robert A. Millikan, Karl T. Compton, Thomas Mann)
  Certificate of Official Witnesses at packing of the Westinghouse Time Capsule
  Message from Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, President of Oglethorpe University
  List of Westinghouse men whose suggestions, guidance, engineering and other special skills made the Time Capsule possible.

IV. SCENARIO OF MICROFILM SEQUENCES

Introduction
1. Greetings
2. Directions for making a larger projection machine

I. Aids to Translation
3. Explanation of keys
4. Fable of the North Wind and the Sun in Twenty Languages
5. The Lord's Prayer in 300 Languages
6. The Practical Standard Dictionary: New York: Funk & Wagnalls: 1938
7. Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, by John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.: 6th Impression

II. Where We Live and Work
8. Introduction
9. Individual Homes: Architectural Forum: pages from various 1937-1938 issues
10. Apartments, by Harvey Wiley Corbett: En. Britannica Vol. 20, pp. 870-881
11. The Trailer: catalogue of Kozy Coach, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1938
12. Offices, by Harvey Wiley Corbett: En. Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 274-287, inc.
13. The Story of Rockefeller Center, 1938
14. Office Equipment, by W.H. Leffingwell: En. Britannica; Vol. 16, pp. 712-719 inc.
15. Office Machines: catalogue of International Business Machines Corp., 1938
16. Factories: En. Britannica, Vol. 9, pp. 29-31, inc.
17. Photograph of Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
18. Photograph of Westinghouse Transformer Works, Sharon, Pa.
19. Photograph of Westinghouse Elevator Works, Jersey City, N.J.
20. Photograph of Headquarters of General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich.
21. Photograph of First stages on assembly belt in General Motors factory
22. Photograph of press that makes automobile tops out of cold steel
23. Photograph of rolling cold steel, American Iron & Steel Institute
24. Photograph of pouring molten iron into a furnace, Amer. Iron & Steel Institute

III. Our Arts and Entertainment
25. Introduction
26. The Arts, by Hendirk Willem van Loon: New York: Simon & Schuster
27. Painting: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp 36-65
28. Arozco Frescoes
29. "Guernica" - Pablo Picasso
30. "American Landscape" - Charles Sheeler
31. "Summer Wind" - Alexander Brook
32. "Promenade" - Charles Burchfield (1928)
33. "Lower Manhattan" - John Marin (1920)
34. "Persistance of Memory" - Salvador Dali (Catalan)
35. "Daughters of the Revolution" - Grant Wood (American 1932)
36. "Composition Black, White & Red" - Piet Mondrian (Dutch)
37. "Dr. Meyer-Hermann" - Otto Dix
38. Sculpture: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 198-231
39. Music: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 16, pp. 3-24 (with score)
40. Harmony: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 11, pp. 203-212
41. Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius
42. The Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa
43. The Flat-Foot Floogee, by Slim Gaillard, Slam Steward and Bud Green
44. Photograph of Arturo Toscanini, one of our great directors, conducting a symphony orchestra
45. Photograph of a string quartet
46. Phtograph of a vocal soloist accompanied by orchestra, with audience in foreground
47. Photograph of diners dancing to the accompaniment of an orchestra in a famous New York night club
48. Catalog of instruments, showing constructon, range and how to manipulate
49. Literature: introduction
50. The Essay: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 8, pp. 716-717
51. Freud, Goethe, Wagner, by Thomas Mann: New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1937
52. The Short Story: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 20, pp. 580-583
53. Verse: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 23, pp. 96-98
54. The Novel: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 16, pp. 572-577
55. "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis: New York: Grosset & Dunlap: 1925
56. "Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell: New York: Macmillan: 1938
57. "The Theater" by George Jean Nathan: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 22, pp. 21-41
58. Best Plays (1936-1937) by Burns Mantle: New York: Dodd, Mead
59. Motion Pictures, by Terry Ramsaye: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 15, pp. 854-871
60. Music Hall Program for "You Can't Take It With You", Sept. 1, 1938
61. Radio: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Vol. 23, pp. 663-668
62. The Story of Radio, by Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr.; New York: Dial Press, 1935
63. A radio studio, National Broadcasting Company, New York City
64. Radio Corporation of America Building, Rockefeller Center, New York
65. Master switchboard of the National Broadcasting Comapny
66. Director of radio dramatic program, National Broadcasting Company
67. Radio broadcasting antenna
68. Radio actors "on the air"
69. Standard Bridge Rules: R.H. Macy & Co., New York, 1938
70. Photo of a bridge tournament: Acme
71. Hoyle's Card Rules: R.H. Macy & Co., New York, 36th Edition, 1938
72. Typical poker scene: Acme
73. Spalding's Rules of Golf - 1938
74. Typical golf match: Acme
75. Spalding's Football Rules - 1938
76. Scene from football game
77. Spalding Baseball Rules - 1938
78. Scene from baseball game

IV. How Information Is Disseminated Among Us
79. General Introduction
80. Magazines: Introduction
81. Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1938
82. Collier's, Sept. 3, 1938
83. Ladies Home Journal, September 1938
84. Woman's Home Companion, September 1938
85. Vogue, September 1, 1938
86. McCall's, September 1938
87. Good Housekeeping, September 1938
88. Adventure, September 1938
89. Love Story, September 3, 1938
90. True Confessions, October 1938
91. Complete Western Book Magazine, September 1938
92. Detective Story Magazine, October 1938
93. Amazing Stories, October 1938
94. Weird Tales, September 1938
95. American Mercury, September 1938
96. Time, February 28, 1938
97. Newsweek, July 25, 1938
98. Reader's Digest, September 1938
99. Harper's Magazine, August 1938
100. The Atlantic Monthly, July 1938
101. Scientific American, September 1938
102. Life, May 23, 1938
103. Look, September 13, 1938
104. Your Life, September 1938
105. Fortune, February 1938
106. New Yorker, September 3, 1938
107. Introduction: A Magazine of the pre-halftone era
108. Leslie's Weekly, several issues
109. Newspapers: Introduction
110. New York Herald Tribune, August 24, 1938
111. New York Times, August 19, 1938
112. New York World-Telegram, August 10, 1938
113. New York Sun, January 8, 1938 (complete final)
114. New York Post, September 6, 1938, Sports Extra
115. New York Journal American, July 14, 1938
116. New York Daily News, August 30, 1938
117. New York Mirror, August 29, 1938
118. Daily Worker, August 30, 1938
119. The Cartoon: Introduction
120. Batchelor's "In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy..."; Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, 1938
121. Talburt's "Land of the Rising or Setting Sun?" New York World-Telegram Syndicate, 1938
122. Kirby's "Laughter for the Gods", New York World-Telegram Syndicate, 1938
123. The "Funny Paper": Introductions
124. Caniff's "Terry & The Pirates"; Link's "Tiny Tim"; and "Dill and Daffy"; Chicago Tribune -- New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
125. Willard's "Moon Mullins" and Branning's "Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner," Chicago Tribune -- New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
126. Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" and Gould's "Dick Tracy", Chicago Tribune -- New York News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
127. King's "Gasoline Alley" and Edson's "The Gumps" Chicago Trib -- NY News Syndicate, June 25, 1938
128. Segar's "Sappo" and "Thimble Theater", King Features, Sunday, Sept. 18, 1938
129. Knerr's "Dinglehoofer & His Dog" and "The Katzenjammer Kids", King Features, Spte. 18, 1938
130. Disney's "Mother Pluto" and "Mickey Mouse", King Features, Sept. 18, 1938
131. DeBeck's "Bunky" and "Barney Google", King Features, Sept. 18, 1938
132. Cady's "Peter Rabbit"; New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, Aug 7, 1938
133. Webster's "Timid Soul"; New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, Sept. 4, 1938
134. Webster's "The Thrill that Comes Once in a Lifetime": N.Y. Herald Tribune Syndicate, Aug. 27, 1938
135. Our Books: Introduction
136. Methods of Printing, by G. Leonard Gold
137. Design and Beauty in Printing, by Frederic W. Goudy: Press of the Wooly Whale March 8, 1934
138. A History of the Printed Book, by Lawrence C. Wroth: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938
139. Color in Use: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935
140. Color as Light: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935
141. Color Chemistry: International Printing Ink Corp., copyrighted 1935

V. Book of General Information About Us
142. A Book of general information about us: Introduction
143. The World Almanac for 1938

VI. Our Religions and Philosphies
144. Introduction
145. The World's Living Religions, by Robert Ernst Hume: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936
146. A History of Philosophy, by Alfred Weber & Ralph Barton Perry: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925

VII. Our Education and Educational Systems
147. Introduction
148. Education: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 964-1005
149. All The Children: 39th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools, New York City, School Year 1936-1937

VIII. Our Sciences and Techniques
150. Introduction
151. Science: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 115-123
152. Scientific Methods: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 127-133
153. The Story of Science, by David Dietz: Dodd, Mead: 1938
154. The Smithsonian Physical Tables: Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Publications 3171, 1934
155. Meteorology: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 343-356
156. Mathematics: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 69-89
157. Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, by David Eugene Smith: New York: Scripts Mathematica, portfolios 1 and 2
158. Telescopes: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 904-909
159. Microscopes: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 433-443

IX. Our Earth, Its Features and Peoples
160. Introduction
161. The World Atlas: New York: Rand McNally
162. Our Races: Introduction
163. The World's Races: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 41-50
164. Explanation of the Fundamental Triangulation net of the United States (with map)
165. Methods of Surveying: Coast & Geodetic Survey booklets, Nos. 502, 529, 562, 583, Spec. No. 23, Dept. of Commerce
166. Geology: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 10, pp. 155-173
167. Exploring Down, by Sherwin F. Kelly, reprint from The Explosives Engineer, Sept.-Oct. 1935
168. The Earth: Chester A. Reeds, New York: The University press, First Trade Edition 1935

X. Our Medicine, public health, Dentistry and Pharmacy
169. Introduction
170. Frontiers of Medicine, by Dr. Morris Fishbein: Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, June 1933
171. Men of Medicine: The March of Time, Issue No. 11, Vol. IV.
172. Work of the United States Public Health Service, Reprint 1447
173. Report of the Surgeon General of the United States, June 30, 1937
174. Dentistry: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 222-225
175. 1937 Year Book of Dentistry
176. United States Pharmacopaea
177. X-Ray and Fluoroscopy: catalogues of the Westinghouse X-Ray Company

XI. Our Industries
178. Introduction
179. Explanation of Sears, Roebuck catalog
180. Sears, Roebuck catalog No. 177 - Philadelphia - Fall & Winter 1938-39
181. Inventions and Discoveries: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 545-547
182. Some basic inventions of modern times: United States Patent Office
183. Industrial Revolution: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 303-306
184. Industrial Relations: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 293-303
185. Management's Responsibility to the Public: an address by A.W. Robertson, Chairman of the Board of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Sept. 19, 1938 before 7th International Management Congress
186. Law and Good Will in Industrial Relations: an address by W.G. Marshall, vice-President of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., before the Committee of One Hundred, Miami, Fla., March 8, 1938
187. Westinghouse Industrial Realtions: a report for 1937
188. The Electrical Industry: Introduction
189. Electricity: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 182-217
190. Electric Generator: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp 174-182
191. Electrical Power: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 8, pp. 144-174
192. Electric Motor: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 872-878
193. Electrical Engineering, Fiftieth Anniversary A.I.E.E. 1884-1934, May 1934
194. A Life of George Westinghouse, by Henry G. Prout: New York: Charles Scribner's; 1926
195. Portions of Westinghouse 1939 Catalogue
196. 52nd Annual Report of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Dec. 31, 1937
197. Westinghouse Stockholders' Quarterly for August, 1938
198. Photograph of welding the new office building at the Westinghouse Transformer Works, Sharon, Pa.
199. "Putting in the Throw" on a 7500 kv-a. synchronous condenser at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
200. Photograph of tightening a "steel spider" at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
201. Photograph of assembling giant mill motors at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works
202. Photograph of Ignitron tubes in the Westinghouse Research Laboratories
203. Photograph of testing a grid-glow tube in the Westinghouse Research Laboratories.
204. Photograph of a lamp machine in the Westinghouse Lamp Works, Bloomfield, N.J.
205. Photograph of bottom one-third of 800-foot vertical antenna of Westinghouse radio station KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa.
206. Photograph of a 1938 hostess inspecting complete meal cooking in Westinghouse Automeal Roaster at Merchandise Works, Mansfield, Ohio
207. Agriculture: Introduction
208. Agriculture: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 391-420
209. Agricultural Machinery and Implements: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, p. 370-378
210. A Graphic summary of Physical Features and Land Utilization in the United States: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Publication No. 20, May 1937
211. A Graphic Summary of Farm Tenure: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 261, Dec. 1936
212. A Graphic Summary of Farm Taxation: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 262, Feb. 1937
213. A Graphic Summary of the Value of Farm property: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 263, July 1937
214. A Graphic Summary of Farm Machinery, Facilities, Roads and Expenditures: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 264, July 1937
215. A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 265, Nov. 1937
216. A Graphic Summary of the Number, Size, and Type of Farm and Value of Products: Dept. of Agri., Misc. Pub. No. 266, Oct. 1937
217. A Graphic summary of Farm Crops: Dept. of Agri., Misc. pub. No. 267, Mar. 1938
218. Automobiles: Introduction
219. Motor Car: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 880-901
220. Automobile Facts and Figures; Automobile Manufacturers' Association, 1938 editions
221. A Chronicle of the Automotive Industry in America 1892-1936, Eaton Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio
222. Aviation: Introduction
223. Aero Engines: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 237-242
224. Aeronautics: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 242-250
225. Aeroplane: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 250-258
226. Civil Aviation: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 2, pp. 801-812
227. The aircraft Yearbook for 1938: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc.
228. TWA Timetable, July 1, 1938
229. United Airlines Timetable, July 1, 1938
230. Eastern Air Lines Timetable, August 15, 1938
231. American Airlines Timetable, August 1, 1938
232. Northwest Air Lines Timetable, August 1938
233. Pan American Timetable, July 1, 1938
234. Air France Timetable, Summer 1938, From March 27 to Oct. 1
235. Imperial Airways Timetable, July 1938
236. Swissair Timetable, Summer 1938
237. Swedish Air Lines Timetable, Mar. 27-Oct. 1, 1938
238. Canadian Colonial Airways, July 1, 1938
239. Ships and Shipping: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 20, pp. 505-563
240. Chemical Industry: Introduction
241. The Chemical Elements and Their Discoveries, Fisher Scientific Co., Jan. 1936
242. Chemistry: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 5, pp. 355-410
243. Applied Chemistry: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 5. 410-412
244. A World of Change: an address by Dr. Edward R. Weidlein as President of the American Chemical Society, Rochester meeting, Sept. 9, 1937
245. Industrial Chemistry, by William Thronton Read: New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1933
246. Coal and Coal Mining: Introduction
247. Coal and Coal Mining: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 5, pp. 868-912
248. The Formation and Characteristics of Pennsylvania Anthracite: The Anthracite Institute
249. Communications: Introduction
250. Telegraph: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 21, pp. 880-893
251. Telephone: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 21, pp. 894-904
252. Food Industries: Introduction
253. Food Preservation, Service and Supply: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 9, pp. 457-460
254. Canning: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 4, pp. 748-751
255. The Story of Frosted Foods: Birdseye Company, 1938
256. Nutritive Aspects of Canned Foods: The American Can Company, 1937
257. More About Canned Foods, a pamphlet: American Can Company
258. Representative menus, 1938. (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer menus furnished by Childs Restaurant)
259. Metals and Mining: Introduction
260. Metals: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 323-325
261. Metallurgy: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 310-323
262. Metallography: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 308-310
263. Iron, Iron and Steel, Iron in Art: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 12, pp. 645-682 incl.
264. Aluminum: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 1, pp. 713-720
265. Copper: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 6, pp. 401-409
266. Metalliferous Mining: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 544-551
267. Petroleum: Introduction
268. Petroleum: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp. 662-669
269. The Rise of American Oil, by Leonard M. Fanning: New York: Harper & Brother, 1936
270. Railroads: Introduction
271. Railways: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 18, pp. 916-952
272. New York Central Timetable, Form 1001, July 25, 1938
273. Pennsylvania Railroad Timetable, Aug. 28, 1938
274. Baltimore & Ohio Timetable, July 17, 1938 (East and West)
275. Union Pacific Timetable, Revised to June 12, 1938
276. Northern Pacific timetable, Corrected to June 20, 1938, F. 5111
277. Southern Pavific timetable, Aug. 15-Sept. 1938, Form A
278. Sante Fe Timeable, Corrected to August 7, 1938
279. Streamlined Pennsylvania train
280. Textiles: Introduction
281. Textiles and Embroideries: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 22, pp. 1-6
282. Weaving: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 23, pp. 455-466
283. Dyeing: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 789-795
284. Synthetic Dyes: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 7, pp. 796-807
285. Designing Women, by Margaretta Byers with Consuelo Kamholz: New York: Simon & Schuster: 1938
286. Women's Wear Style Sheet, 1938
287. Women's Wear for September 1, 1938
288. Fall Textures in duPont Rayon (swatches included in Capsule as objects) 1938

XII. New York World's Fair 1939
289. Introduction
290. Message from Grover Whalen, President of the World's Fair
291. New York, the World's Fair City
292. World's Fair Bulletin A Year from Today
293. World's Fair Bulletin: Participation Issue
294. World's Fair Bulletin for June, 1938
295. List of Officers and Department Heads of the World's Fair

XIII. The Objects in the Capsule
296. Introduction and List

XIV. The men Who Made the Capsule
297. List

XV. How We Appear, Talk and Act; and Scenes of Our Day
298. Introduction
299. Technology of Amateur and Professional Motion Pictures: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 867-871
300. Motion Picture Technology: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 15, pp. 854-867
301. Photoelectricity: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 17, pp. 788-793
302. Production and Projection of the Motion Picture, by Terry Ramsaye, Editor, Motion Picture Herald
303. How to Build a Projection Machine: (diagrams and photos)
304. A projection machine.

V. NEWSREEL

Characteristic or Significant Scenes in Sound Film, Prepared for the Time Capsule by RKO-Pathe Pictures. Instructions for making a Suitable Projection Machine for Use of This Film are Included in the Micro-File.

The newsreel runs about 15 minutes. it comprises the following scenes:

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, speaking at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1938, on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the celebrated battle of the United States Civil War. Veterans of both sides, attending their final reunion, are present.
2. Howard Huges, celebrated aviator, who made "Around-the-World Flight" as "Air Ambassador" for New York World's Fair 1939, in three days, 19 1/4 hours, July 1938.
 
a. Plane flying over New York City's skyscrapers as Hughes sets out on first lap.
b. Hughes' return at Floyd Bennett Field, New York City, after completing flight.
c. Hughes' New York reception , showing enthusiastic crowds lining the streets and paper showering down from skyscrapers.
3. Jessey owens, American negro athlete, winning 100 meter dash in 1936 Olympic games.
4. Collegiate football: Harvard-Yale, November 1936 at "Yale Bowl," New Haven, Conn. Yale wins 14-13.
5. Baseball: Big League -- All-Star Game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. 28,000 spectators -- July 1938. nationals defeat Americans 4-1.
6. United States Pacific Fleet setting out for six weeks of maneuvers, showing battleships in formation off Long Beach, California, in March 1938.
7. Soviets celebrate International Labor Day, May 1938, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Two shots of soldiers marching.
8. Greatest demonstration of military prowess in the United States since the World War, at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1938, showing tanks and other war machines.
9. Bombing of Canton, typical episode in the undeclared war between China and Japan. Canton, China, June 1938.
 
 a. Pathe cameramn, A.T. Hull, wearing helmet in cockpit of plane, about to take-off to make pictures.
b. Smoke rising from explosions off in distance
c. Terror-stricken civilians in street
d. Red Cross men and women, many of whom are injured while ministering to the victims.
10. Fashion Show at Miami, Florida, April 1938.
 
a. General view of luxurious scene in which the audience is seated around a swimming pool, watching models displaying advance summer fashions.
b. Two girls in long beach coats
c. Two girls in long beach coats opened to reveal bathing suits, wearing enormous straw hats.
d. Afternoon dress
e. Flowered print afternoon dress with large hat.
f. Another afternoon dress with brilliantly colored accessories, and large hat.
11. Preview of World's Fair -- 1939: May, 1938
 
a. Motorcade of nearly 500 vehicles and floats, including the prize-winnng Westinghouse float, going up a street in downtown Manhattan between sidewalks lined with crowds, under shower of paper.
b. Sports float with Babe Ruth, baseball hero.
c. Motorcade entering partially completed Fair grounds.
d. Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City, and Grover A. Whalen, President of the Fair, in reviewing stand at Fair grounds.
e. "Theme Float" bearing replica of Trylon and Perisphere.
NOTE: Whenever reference is made to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, we have used the 14th Edition -- 1937

The Time Capsule under the 1939/1940 Westinghouse World's Fair Building. Latitude 40° 44' 34" .089 north of the Equator; Longitude 73° 50' 43" .842 west of Greenwich

Westinghouse Pavilion 1939

SOURCE: The Story of the Westinghouse Time Capsule, © Copyright 1939:
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company East Pittsburgh, PA

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