After Being Buried for 50 Years, The Car’s Lid Was Removed

Miss Belvedere

The advertisement portrayed the car as a tremendous bonus. The object of the game was to accurately predict Tulsa’s population for 2007. So, in that year, the car would go to the person who came closest to guessing the correct answer. The microfilm containing the responses of the 812 people who answered the question was stored in the car’s glove box. Next, Miss Belvedere joined other Oklahoma mementos from 1957 in the time capsule. The capsule was constructed from concrete to ensure it would survive even a nuclear strike.

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