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University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and Professor of Theatre Russell Porter open a time capsule, placed in 1951, at the university's centennial celebration in 1964, in front of Mary Reed Building.

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Exterior view of the University of Denver's Mary Reed Building in Denver, Colorado. Chancellor Chester Alter and Dr. Russell Porter stand over the time capsule dug up from the lawn in front of the Mary Reed Building as part of the University's Centennial celebration in 1964. The capsule had been buried in 1951 by the senior class.

Dr. Russell Porter lifts a time capsule of out of the ground as part of the University of Denver's Centennial celebration in front of the Mary Reed Building in Denver, Colorado as Chancellor Chester Alter looks on. The time capsule was placed in 1951 by the senior class to be opened by at the University's Centennial in 1964.