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The best-kept secret in Toronto, a small (20 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm) copper box sat in the masonry of Maple Leaf Gardens for nearly 80 years, unbeknownst to all
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The reason for including this hand-carved ivory elephant is a mystery. A good luck charm for the hometown team, perhaps?
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A stock prospectus for Maple Leaf Gardens gives information about the building’s construction and prospective earnings
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The National Hockey League’s Official Rule Book. Apparently, hockey players were fitter in the ’30s; only 10 players per team were allowed to dress, including two goalies, compared with today’s 23-player rosters
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The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association’s 1931 Official Hockey Rules handbook. One of three (three!) hockey rule books in the capsule
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The Toronto Municipal Handbook was an annual publication compiling facts and figures about the city
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Like the three other newspapers in the capsule, the Toronto Daily Star reported on Britain’s abandonment of the gold bullion standard
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The Evening Telegram was a conservative paper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971
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The Red Ensign was still Canada’s national flag in 1931 (the Maple Leaf we know and love wouldn’t be unfurled for another 34 years)
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A stock prospectus for Maple Leaf Gardens tells us that the gate receipts for the 1929-30 season totalled $186,251.30. Small potatoes compared with the $91 million netted during the 2009-10 season, according to Forbes
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The Globe was considered a left-leaning daily in 1931. Headlines on September 21, 1931 included “Young Hunter Perishes” and “New York Markets Remain Open Today to Face New Crisis”
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Five years after this September 21, 1931 issue of the Mail and Empire, the paper merged with The Globe to become the Globe and Mail
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The Ontario Hockey Association rule book