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This wallet is a truly special time capsule.
This wallet is a truly special time capsule.
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00:00 Found this wallet under the stairs from 1958.
00:05 So it was in that corner.
00:07 It was in the far deep of that corner over there.
00:10 This is hitting me more than I realized before.
00:13 Oh my goodness.
00:15 Six gallons of gas for $2.
00:17 Hey, look at that.
00:18 [LAUGHTER]
00:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:29 They found this wallet under the stairs from 1958.
00:40 Look at this riches receipt.
00:43 Look, a membership card.
00:45 They were a teacher.
00:47 A riches credit card.
00:49 And it's like all so well preserved.
00:52 It's like a freaking time capsule.
00:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:57 [LAUGHTER]
01:00 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
01:04 10 gallons of gasoline for $3.26.
01:09 Look at this driver's license.
01:12 Dude, and look, there's more in here.
01:15 I mean, the photos in here are amazing.
01:21 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
01:24 Wow.
01:26 This is why we need to go through Austin town more often.
01:29 Oh my god, we've got to find these people.
01:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:34 --walk into the doorway.
01:36 But that wasn't the original configuration.
01:38 Originally, this door was not here.
01:41 And this wallet doorway wasn't here.
01:44 No.
01:45 And so there would have been one door to the ladies room.
01:48 And then here was another door to what
01:52 we think was the manager's office.
01:54 So we believe that--
01:55 A luxurious corner.
01:56 Yeah, yeah.
01:56 [LAUGHTER]
01:59 And so we believe that the wallet was found.
02:02 And it's stored in a little-- what we found
02:04 was a little storage closet off the manager's office.
02:07 Like a loss of thousands.
02:08 That's what they're known for.
02:09 And never found.
02:10 A little storage closet.
02:11 Wow.
02:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:13 That fits in.
02:15 And it went-- and the thing is, is
02:17 no one in recent memory that's been around with the theater
02:20 knew any of this existed.
02:22 So it was in that corner.
02:23 Oh, that's so crazy.
02:24 Wow.
02:25 You see where my shadow is pointing?
02:26 It was in the far deep of that corner over there.
02:29 So we not only discovered this additional space,
02:32 but then the space under the stairs.
02:34 And then we've been able to kind of piece together
02:36 as we saw the finishing of the edges
02:38 in the corner and the opening.
02:39 We're like, OK, now we're starting
02:40 to realize what this was.
02:42 Uncovered this window that was here.
02:44 So it's been kind of an interesting little--
02:46 Sure.
02:47 Yeah.
02:47 Yeah.
02:48 Sure.
02:48 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:49 It's a real treasure hunt.
02:50 So let's get to the real treasure, though.
02:53 Oh my goodness.
02:54 It just--
02:55 [CHUCKLES]
02:55 [SIGHS]
02:57 This is hitting me more than I realized it would.
03:01 Oh my goodness, look.
03:02 [INAUDIBLE]
03:05 Oh, man.
03:06 It's an amazing shape, isn't it?
03:07 Yeah, it really is.
03:08 It really is.
03:09 Well, and y'all cleaned it up.
03:10 We did.
03:10 We did.
03:11 Yeah, yeah.
03:11 The outside was--
03:12 It's very smooth.
03:13 Oh my god.
03:14 Can we get side by sides?
03:15 Who is that?
03:17 I don't know.
03:18 Who is that?
03:18 I don't know either.
03:19 Oh my goodness.
03:20 And here.
03:21 And there you are, Jim.
03:22 Look, there's Bubba.
03:23 That's my--
03:24 That's my friend.
03:25 Oh.
03:26 Oh, yeah.
03:26 Is that you?
03:27 Yeah.
03:27 There.
03:28 [LAUGHTER]
03:28 See that?
03:30 Oh, wow.
03:30 That's great.
03:31 Pretty cool.
03:32 Oh my goodness.
03:33 And man.
03:36 Oh, that's Ash's daddy.
03:37 That's Ash's daddy.
03:38 That's her dad.
03:39 That's her dad.
03:40 Now, you had said that you had maybe never seen a photo of it.
03:44 I'm not sure that I ever have seen a photo of it.
03:46 You have?
03:46 No.
03:47 How about that?
03:48 He was a deaf.
03:49 [LAUGHTER]
03:50 Your grandfather?
03:51 Your dad?
03:52 Look at this beautiful little girl.
03:54 And that--
03:55 Aw.
03:55 [LAUGHTER]
03:56 Oh, she's really cute.
03:57 Isn't that-- isn't that cute?
03:58 See?
03:59 [INAUDIBLE]
04:00 Oh, that's me.
04:01 That's me, Mom.
04:02 That's Ash.
04:04 [LAUGHTER]
04:07 I think it's a gas receipt.
04:09 Oh.
04:09 That's where she got the--
04:11 Six gallons of gas for $2.
04:13 [LAUGHTER]
04:15 Don't you wish you could do that?
04:17 33 cents.
04:18 It was 33 cents a gallon, right?
04:19 That's crazy.
04:20 Is that enough gas for something?
04:22 And probably-- that'll be full service pumped for her.
04:25 Of course, 100%.
04:26 10 gallons for $3.26.
04:31 Probably lasted her a year.
04:32 She never grew.
04:33 [LAUGHTER]
04:35 The golf tournament was two weeks after you guys reached out.
04:39 So it's always-- this time of year is a time where we're
04:42 always kind of busy.
04:44 Yeah, well, busy, but telling stories about them.
04:48 And really, it brings them back to life every year for us.
04:51 To get to see all of that two weeks before we were about
04:54 to gather for the golf tournament.
04:56 Yeah, it was just so sweet.
04:57 Really amazing, yeah.
04:58 Yeah.
04:59 [MUSIC PLAYING]
05:02 (gentle music)
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