Woman reunited with purse lost at her high school 65 years ago

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Workers demolishing the old Jeffersonville High School in Indiana discovered an accidental time capsule from the 1950s.

While ripping out cabinets in a science classroom, the crew found a simple black purse. Inside it was a blast from the past: the 1953-54 basketball team's schedule, a lipstick, a ribbon for coming in first in the mile relay at a track and field event, ID cards, and a letter asking the purse's owner, Martha Ina Ingham, to prom. Ingham was a 1955 graduate of Jeffersonville High School.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.