A letter in a hidden bottle. A remarkable discovery from an American train station

Builders working in a teahouse at Detroit train station made a remarkable discovery. From behind the piece under the plaster, they took out a bottle with a letter inside. She lay there for exactly 108 years. The news in a beer bottle has been accurate since July 1913, before the ban. At the time, work was underway to complete the new station before it was even opened. This message was written by two people working on the construction site – Hogan and Smith. The content of the message is not clear. The exact date will appear on the beer label. This is not the first time construction workers have found bottles inside train stations, but the first one in the United States to have a bottle wrapped in a piece of paper. The archivists took it out without destroying the glass. The paper will be protected against further damage. About 200 artifacts have already been recovered from the station in renovations over the years. Among them, a plate from the ceramic collection, books paying for old tickets, bills and invoices, …

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