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Time capsules

Scope note

Containers used to store for posterity a selection of objects representative of life at a particular time. OED2

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000251054

Broader Terms used

<commemorative containers>

Term used for

capsules, time

Equivalent Terms used

time capsule

Created

12yrs ago

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