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.

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.

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.

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.

c. Terror-stricken civilians in street d. Red Cross men and women, many of whom are injured while ministering to the victims.

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.

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.

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.

d. Afternoon dress e. Flowered print afternoon dress with large hat. f. Another afternoon dress with brilliantly colored accessories, and large hat.

e. Flowered print afternoon dress with large hat. f. Another afternoon dress with brilliantly colored accessories, and 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Westinghouse Pavilion 1939 — *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*