The Detroit Century Box is a time capsule that was created in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan on December 31, 1900. Mayor William C. Maybury organized the capsule which consists of a copper box filled with photos and letters containing the then current state of affairs in Detroit along with predictions for the future. Mayor Dennis Archer presided over the opening of the capsule on December 31, 2000. [1] [2]
Our buildings of today are equipped with fast running elevators, heating, lighting, power plants...
— John M. Donaldson, Rise of Architecture in Detroit [3]
In the diocese there 218 priests - 44 Regulars - 174 Seculars. 198 Churches and missions...
— John Samuel Foley, Letter to William C. Maybury [4]
We travel by railroad and with steam power from Detroit to Chicago in less than eight hours...
— William C. Maybury, Letter of William C. Maybury [5]
Of the 44 United States, 25 have limited suffrage, 4 have full suffrage, limited suffrage is granted in many foreign countries and full suffrage in New Zealand, South and West Australia, and in Isle of Man.
— Sara M. Philleo Skinner, Woman's Suffrage - Retrospect and Prophecy [6]
In AD 2000, I think it not improbable that Detroit will enjoy a population of fully four millions.
— James E. Scripps, Letter to William C. Maybury [7]
I predict further that Sandwich, Windsor and Walkerville now in Canada will be a part of the City of Detroit and that Ontario will be a state of the United States of America.
— Orrin R. Baldwin, Letter to William C. Maybury [8]
That prisoners instead of being conveyed to the several police stations in Automobile patrol wagons will be sent through pneumatic tubes, flying machines, or some similar process.
— Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police Commission, Letter to William C. Maybury [9]
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D. Augustus Straker was a teacher, lawyer, and jurist. He won elections to the South Carolina legislature but was denied his seat on multiple occasions.
Frederick Kimball Stearns was an American businessman who was the president of Frederick Stearns & Company, a pharmaceutical manufacturing business, from 1887 to 1921. He was also the organizer of the Detroit Orchestral Association, which later became the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a trustee of the Detroit Museum of Art, and the owner of the Detroit Wolverines baseball team in the National League from 1885 to 1888.
Events from the year 1901 in Michigan.
Events from the year 1885 in Michigan.
