2025 Time Capsule Contents

Letters from Locals

●   Adrian Community Preschool, 876 Addison St. (President Laura Berdyck)

●   Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 E. Siena Heights Dr.

●   Advance Adrian (money loaning business), 1422 S. Main St. Ste. B

●       Marcia Cole, 1260 W. Maple Ave.

●   Kris Eschedor, 14631 Hickory Trail (Hudson)

●   Mary Fetkenhier, 2548 Coach-Lite Dr. (Tecumseh)

●   Mary and Elizabeth Fomia, 433 E. Maumee St.

●   Barbie Hasenpflug, 5889 Treat Hwy.

●   Monday Literacy Club, Established 1896

●   Masen Kellin Stites, 375 N. McKenzie St.

●   Sharon and Don Taylor, 475 Meadowbrook Dr.

Local Items

●   Summer 1975 - Adrian “Sesqui” Memories from the 150th celebration

●   2024 Adrian High School yearbook

●   2024 Annual Report from TLC Community Credit Union

●   2025 Croswell Opera House season pamphlet

●   2025 Tau Delta Sorority (founded in Adrian in 1902) yearbook

●   February 2025 edition of the Real Yellow Pages - Lenawee County

●   February 2025 edition of The Lenawee Voice

●   March 20, 2025 edition of The Daily Telegram, highlighting a fire on Maumee St. that engulfed 3 downtown buildings

●   March 24, 2025 edition of The Daily Telegram, highlighting the approval of demolition of Bixby Hospital

●   April 2025 edition of The Lenawee Voice

●   June 2025 edition of the Adrian High School Alumni Maple Leaf newsletter

●   June 2025 edition of The Lenawee Voice

●   June 15, 2025 edition of the Holy Family Parish (St. Mary of Good Counsel and St. Joseph) bulletin

●   Summer 2025 edition of the Adrian District Library newsletter/info pamphlet/library card

●   Summer 2025 edition of Homefront Magazine

●   A Century of Progress - the official program for the incorporation centennial

●   Adrian College official hockey game puck

●   Adrian historical markers flyer and map

●   Adrian Mechanical staff picture

●   American Legion Post 97 patch

●   Behind the Curtain: 150 Years at Michigan’s Oldest Theater by Erik Gable

●   Book about early Adrian from the American Association of University Women

●   Brazeway notepad

●   Chaloner’s Christmas ornament, cigar and drink menus, historical book, and t-shirt

●   City of Adrian bicentennial coin, 5K finishers medal, list of committee members, and sponsorship brochure

●   City of Adrian Christmas Riverwalk christmas ornament

●   City of Adrian city services brochure

●   Digitized files from the Adrian District Library - community scrapbook photos, VHS tapes, and Windows 10/11 boot files

●   Downtown Adrian bag

●   Downtown Adrian Historic District walking tour information with map

●   Downtown Development Authority Plan

●   Essays from Adrian High School students

●   Hickman Hospital grand opening photo, from the Hickman Foundation

●   Horseshoe Pitchers Association patches

●   Land acknowledgement statement written by the Adrian Dominican Sisters and read during the time capsule opening/closing in 2025

●   Lenawee County Board of Commissioners proclamation

●   Lenawee County Resource Guide from the Lenawee Community Foundation 

●   Lenawee Historical Society newsletter and brochures

●   Talk Back radio show recordings

●   Maple City 150 years commemorative coin

●   “Maple City Rag” by William R. Hayes, a piano piece commissioned by the City of Adrian to commemorate the bicentennial

●   Mementos of the Comstock family, from Michele Italiano

●   Men’s Auxiliary VFW cap

●   NAACP t-shirt and items

●   Quilt from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter

●   Photo of two girls at the Adrian sesquicentennial celebration and same girls in 2025, plus a copy of the Comstock family history, from the McKimmy family

●   Promotional flyers from Dunham’s Sports, Jet’s Pizza, and Meijer

●   Promotional items from the bicentennial celebration - coaster, flyer, sticker, temporary tattoo

●   Restaurant menus from Downtown Dempsey’s, Miller’s Family Restaurant, and Sauce Italian Grill & Pub

●   River Raisin Ragtime Revue impact report and sponsorship opportunities

Michigan/US Items

●   Bag of money - pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters with special backs, and a $1 bill

●   COVID-19 face mask and testing kit

●   Postage stamps

●   POW/MIA patch

●   US Air Force patch

●   Vietnam War Veteran patch

Pop Culture Items

●   2025 Academy Award Best Picture winner Anora

●   2025 Hot Wheels toy car

●   May/June 2025 edition of Reader’s Digest

●   June 16, 2025 edition of People Magazine

●   Bluey book and figure

●   Champion Dog, Prince Tom by Jean Fritz, from the library of Marda Gene Duncan

●   LEGO Minecraft set

●   Marvel 1 Rivals comic book