Dear Histarchers,


Thanks to everyone who replied on and off list about the cannonball safe. The folks who contacted me were able to get it out of the ground, but have not yet been able to get it open. Still, this means that timing is not as critical because the construction project can continue on.


Archaeologists get asked weird things, which seems fair since we ask them as well!


Thanks,

Rebecca

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Rebecca S. Graff
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Lake Forest College
847.735.5255
555 N Sheridan Rd | Lake Forest, IL 60045
<http://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/charnley-persky-house/intro>https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/faculty/graff/



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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Adrian Myers <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Cannonball safe

Interesting Rebecca.

Can you explain why opening it is so urgent? Is the closed safe stopping
construction somehow?

Cheers



On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 2:44 PM Graff, Rebecca S. <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Dear Histarchers,
>
>
>
> I was approached by a representative from a Chicago-area synagogue today
> after they discovered a ~100-year-old cannonball safe (weighing an
> estimated 1.5 tons) in the ground within their parking lot. This was
> revealed during a construction project to install a parallel sewer line—a
> project that cannot be delayed.
>
>
>
> If any one has experience with or recommendations regarding the “safe”
> opening of said safe, please contact Naomi Richman, [log in to unmask]
> They are looking for help ASAP with this because of the construction
> project’s timing. They did get some local locksmith recs, but considering
> the specialized nature of this request, I appeal to your collective
> expertise on their behalf.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rebecca
>
> _______________________________________
> Rebecca S. Graff
> Associate Professor of Anthropology
> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> Lake Forest College
> 847.735.5255
> 555 N Sheridan Rd | Lake Forest, IL 60045
> <
> http://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/charnley-persky-house/intro
> >https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/faculty/graff/
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