Construction crew found a purse lost in 1959. Then the hunt began for its owner.

A construction crew was tearing up the stage at an old elementary school near Houston last year when one of the workers spotted something shiny beneath the floorboards.

It was a small plastic purse studded with rhinestones. Tucked inside was a bright red wallet filled with old photos, two floral handkerchiefs, several pencils, a nail file, a notebook and a calendar — all frozen in time from 1959.