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Interim Fire Chief Ray Briggs, left, and Battalion Chief Charles Kapudjija carry a time capsule into the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center as part of a 125th city anniversary event Wednesday in Punta Gorda.

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Time capsule opening organizer Gussie Baker, left, arrives on a 1940 firetruck carrying the capsule with her entourage of VIPs. They include Interim Fire Chief Ray Briggs, from left, Councilwoman Rachel Keesling, 8-year-old Mia Waleri, her mother Ana Gauta Waleri, and Charles Chaney; the last two had been designated as Miss and Mr. Punta Gorda when the capsule was entombed in 1987.

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Charles Chaney and Ana Gauta Waleri look on as Gussie Baker inspects an item from a time capsule at a luncheon in Punta Gorda Wednesday. The item, a Styrofoam Big Mac package, had been placed in the tube in 1987 to remark upon concerns the material was causing ozone depletion.

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Participants in a luncheon to celebrate Punta Gorda's 125th anniversary peruse items from a time capsule that were revealed as part of the event Wednesday.

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Gussie Baker, who organized the time capsule event, holds a photo of the city seal and its carver, the late Art Paul. The photo was among items enclosed in the capsule in 1987.

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Gussie Baker, organizer of a time capsule event as part of the city's 125th anniversary, prepares to transport a capsule that had been buried in 1987 to from City Hall to a luncheon at the Charlotte Harbor event center Wednesday.

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Gussie Baker, organizer of a time capsule event as part of the city's 125th anniversary, prepares to transport a capsule that had been buried in 1987 to from City Hall to a luncheon at the Charlotte Harbor event center Wednesday.