A team of historians opened what they thought to be a 19th-century time capsule placed in the pedestal of where a Robert E. Lee statue once stood in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday afternoon and found an 1875 almanac among its contents.

Other items in the lead box included two books, a coin, and a cloth envelope containing a photograph of a man involved in the design of the pedestal, according to Julie Langan, the director and state historic preservation officer at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.