- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Crypt of Civilization Dedication
- Date of Original:
- 1938-05-28
- Subject:
- College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
Educators--Georgia--Atlanta
Inventors--Georgia--Atlanta
Photographers--Georgia--Atlanta
Archivists--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Art deco--Georgia--Atlanta
Decoration and ornament--Art deco
Dedication services--Georgia--Atlanta
Historians--Georgia--Atlanta
Time capsules--Georgia--Atlanta
Doors--Georgia--Atlanta
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Presidents
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Peters, Thomas Kimmwood, 1879-1973
Jacobs, Thornwell, 1877-1956
Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The dedication of the crypt door took place on the Oglethorpe University campus on May 28, 1938. The art deco door, with its rectangular shapes and "moon hubcap" decoration, was considered a work of industrial art. (Thornwell Jacobs is pictured pointing at the door flanked on his right by David Sarnoff and T. K. Peters.)
Photograph of the dedication of the Crypt of Civilization time capsule at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. Oglethorpe University president Thornwell Jacobs is pictured pointing at the door flanked on his right by David Sarnoff of the Radio Corporation of America and T. K. Peters, crypt archivist. Several other men stand near them. The dedication of the crypt door took place on the Oglethorpe University campus on May 28, 1938. The art deco door, with its rectangular shapes and "moon hubcap" decoration, was considered a work of industrial art.
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, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/m-1746/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Oglethorpe University Archives
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-civilization
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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