The owner of an Atlanta movie theater managed to return a wallet lost 65 years ago to its owner’s family.
The object was found by workers during renovations in a space hidden behind a wall used at the time as a wardrobe, reports CNN.
The owner of the Plaza Theater, Chris Escobar, was determined to find the owner of the wallet, or at least her family, in order to give it to her.
“It’s a portal that takes us into the past,” he says. When we think that a family in our neighborhood lost it so long ago, I said to myself, imagine if we can find them.”
After finding the name of the owner of the object, Floy Culbreth, Mr. Escobar and his wife began extensive research, particularly on social media, and managed to find Ms.me Culbreth, Thea Chamberlain.
“It’s very touching,” she said in an interview with CNN. Many memories came back to my mind.”
Inside the wallet were items such as an ID card, a raffle entry to win a 1959 Chevrolet, credit cards without a magnetic strip, black and white family photos and several other frozen memories. in time.
Mme Chamberlain, now 71, even found items that once belonged to her, like notes from a doctor’s appointment and health insurance cards.
The family gathered in November to examine these items.
“There were children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Mme Culbreth, rejoices Chris Escobar. So several generations of Culbreths were able to enjoy this lost piece of their family history.”
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