

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Time Capsule in Your Backyard: Presentation and Antique Appraisal Event
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Ever wonder what everyday life looked like a century ago? Join us for a fascinating presentation exploring the hidden “time capsules” beneath our feet. Learn about artifacts excavated from privies and outhouse pits across Western New York and what they reveal about the past. Topics include how to locate a privy, why people discarded household items there, the history of local glasshouses, and how to date antique bottles.

The presentation includes a large display of artifacts such as bottles, chamber pots, clay smoking pipes, marbles, doll heads, coins, stoneware, china, and more.

Presentation:
1:00–2:00 pm
No registration required

Free Antique Appraisal Event:
2:00–4:00 pm
Registration is required to have an item appraised. One item per household. Items must be easily carried; no large furniture. Space is limited.

To register, call 716-873-2842 or stop by the library.

Excluded items:
• All weapons, including swords and knives
• Traps (such as leg-hold traps)
• Nazi memorabilia
• Coins and paper money
• Fine jewelry, including precious gems
• Beanie Babies

Opinions of value are informal and may not be used for insurance or charitable donation purposes, which require a certified appraisal.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/buffalo/time-capsule-in-your-backyard-presentation-and-antique-appraisal-event/200029712918043
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029712918043?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=buffalo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Buffalo
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 160 Delaware Rd, Kenmore, NY, United States, New York 14217
- **lat**: 42.96666
- **long**: -78.86855
- **full address**: 160 Delaware Rd, Kenmore, NY, United States, New York 14217, 160 Delaware Rd, Buffalo, NY 14217-2446, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Town of Tonawanda Public Library - Kenmore Branch (https://allevents.in/org/town-of-tonawanda-public-library-kenmore-branch/12660010)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 160 Delaware Rd, Kenmore, NY, United States, New York 14217, 160 Delaware Rd, Buffalo, NY 14217-2446, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Town of Tonawanda Public Library - Kenmore Branch
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Time Capsule in Your Backyard: Presentation and Antique Appraisal Event ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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