This time capsule has been through a lot since it was first buried in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1887. When it was finally publicly unveiled, archivists showed the newspapers, photographs and even a stick of gum that were found inside.
It was first buried in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1887, after being put together by a school run by Protestants who were dedicated to converting Mormons through education. When that school was demolished in 1959, the time capsule was uncovered. Someone opened it, but then left it at the school district office, where it sat in a closet for years.The time capsule.It was finally unveiled publicly Wednesday, during an event at Utah's Division of Archives and Records.
Read MoreAnd -- a single pristine stick of gum in its original wrapping. "It appears that ... people were able to just drop things in at the very end," said Alan Barnett, the local government archivist who led the public unveiling. That provided people a chance to"contribute a piece of themselves," he told CNN.The time capsule also held little things like buttons and a pebble.
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