A woman lost her wallet at an Atlanta movie theater 65 years ago and was just reunited with it this week
ยท Dec 29, 2023 ยท NottheBee.com

Sometimes you lose something and never see it again. But sometimes it comes back to you, after quite literally a lifetime:

A wallet lost in 1958 turned up in the unlikeliest of places more than six decades later โ€” behind the bathroom wall of a historic Atlanta movie theater in what was once a closet.

"It was a portal back in time," Plaza Theatre owner Chris Escobar told CNN.

The theater itself is a snazzy-looking building:

The owners were knocking down part of the bathroom wall when the wallet turned up:

Inside, they found "black-and-white family photos, a raffle ticket to win a shiny new 1959 Chevrolet and insurance cards," and other items such as defunct credit cards. A name on a driver's license led them to the family of local resident Floy Culbreth:

Culbreth died about 10 years ago, may she rest in peace, but her 71-year-old daughter still lives in the area and went with Culbreth's grandchildren and great-grandchildren to pick it up:

Watching her own 5- and 7-year-old grandchildren look at the items found in their great-grandmother's wallet was "a special moment" for Chamberlain.

"They knew it was something to be treasured."

The Plaza Theater is "Atlanta's longest continuously operating independent movie theatre and a city landmark."


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