Awkward, grainy video of high school in 1989 is flooding Gen Xers with the happiest memories

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/high-school-clip-from-1989-ex1

We appreciate machines that reflect their era - the materials available, the techniques popular, the aesthetic preferences of their time. These bikes become historical documents.
Save this perspective for when trends seem unimportant. Today's style becomes tomorrow's historical record.
What era of building do you think produced the most distinctive style? Each generation leaves its mark.

#timecapsules #culturalsnapshots #bobberculture #preserving history

🎥 👉 @streetpilots_

#WhoKnew #Crypts #TimeCapsules

I know there are others, but didn't know about this one.

Good jumping off place for a story or movie. Thanks
Chrono History Game!

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/

Crypt of Civilization - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The Crypt of Civilization, a multimillennial time capsule, is a chamber that was sealed behind a stainless steel door in 1940 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. The crypt is the “first successful attempt to bury a record of this culture for any future inhabitants or visitors to the planet Earth,” according to the Guinness Book […]

New Georgia Encyclopedia
#Apple recall notice re. #timecapsules. I actually have one of those. Initial Apple Genius suggestion: hand it in & buy a new one. GENIUS!

Cinema Time

"I want to make a list of films that evoke a strong sense of time (and possibly place). Through dialogue, sets, etc. they transport you to the era in which they're set." In Ask Metafilter, jdroth asks, What movies act as time capsules?

https://ask.metafilter.com/370412/What-movies-act-as-time-capsules

#AskMetafilter #cinema #film #movies #nostalgia #time #timecapsules #timetravel

What movies act as time capsules?

What movies act as time capsules? I want to make a list of films that evoke a strong sense of time (and possibly place). Through dialogue, sets, etc. they transport you to the era in which...