ROSEMONT, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Treasures recovered from a shipwreck that's been at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean since 1857 are now on tour and coming to the Chicago area.
Treasures recovered from a shipwreck that's been at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean since 1857 are now on tour and coming to the Chicago area.
The collection includes pair of work pants and wedding rings and letters. 425 people drowned when the ship sank during a hurricane off the Carolina Coast.
Hundreds of artifacts belonging to the people that perished in the shipwreck have been sitting in storage.
Now from August 16-20, The Chicago World’s Fair of Money will open in Rosemont with many of those artifacts on display.
Gold was also on that ship and that's why it was called the Ship of Gold-a snapshot of the Gold Rush era in America.
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