Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston is a photo editor for the Chicago Tribune.

The Field Museum in 1933 in the foreground and the Shedd Aquarium at right. (Chicago Tribune archive)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Field Museum evolves — take a look back as it turns 130

May 30, 2024 at 2:23 p.m.

The genesis of the Field Museum 130 years ago may seem today like a mishmash of items, but it soon became a leading institution dedicated to scientific exploration and educational...

With its left engine missing, American Airlines Flight 191 goes into a severe roll less than a mile away from the runway in 1979 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (Michael Laughlin/for the Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: American Airlines Flight 191 crashed near O’Hare airport 45 years ago. These are the 273 victims.

May 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

The victims were a cross-section of America — smart, funny, kind, brave, loving and hardworking. That's how their family and friends remember them.

A Brood XIII cicada waits for its wings and new exoskeleton to dry and harden after climbing and molting on a tree in a front yard in Homewood, May 22, 2007. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cicada invasion

May 6, 2024 at 8:57 a.m.

Just as Illinois was the place to be in April to observe a rare total solar eclipse, it's also hosting an event this summer that's even more infrequent — one...

Gil Guerra photographs the solar eclipse on March 7, 1970, near the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. (Walter Neal/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Solar eclipses and how Chicagoans viewed them

April 3, 2024 at 8:58 a.m.

When was the last time Chicago experienced a total solar eclipse? Before the city existed! And the next one won't happen here until 2099. While we're waiting, here's a look...

Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey puts her feet up as she relaxes in her studio office following a morning broadcast in Chicago, on Dec. 18, 1985. The "Oprah Winfrey Show" debuted in 1986. During its 25-year run, it become the highest-rated daytime talk show in television history.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Oprah Winfrey — 10 moments from her Chicago years

September 6, 2024 at 8:51 p.m.

Forty years ago this week, Oprah Winfrey appeared on Chicago television for the first time. She was the new host for a morning program that had experienced a revolving door...

A voter fills out a ballot in a booth at a polling site for the New Hampshire presidential primary in Manchester, Jan. 23, 2024.

Photos: 2024 race for the White House

January 23, 2024 at 4:49 p.m.

A voter fills out a ballot in a booth at a polling site for the New Hampshire presidential primary in Manchester, Jan. 23, 2024. Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, accompanied by...

A proposed design for a new Ryan Field is on display while Evanston Land Use Commission members listen to Northwestern University representatives as they present a proposal for the new stadium during a public meeting on Sept. 6, 2023.

Photos: Northwestern University’s Ryan Field

December 1, 2023 at 3:12 p.m.

A proposed design for a new Ryan Field is on display while Evanston Land Use Commission members listen to Northwestern University representatives as they present a proposal for the new...

The Chicago Daily Tribune's famous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline in the Nov. 3, 1948, newspaper.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: 5 things that led to ‘Dewey Defeats Truman,’ the newspaper’s most famous headline

August 22, 2024 at 12:34 p.m.

The Chicago Tribune covered its first presidential election in 1848. The race a century later, however, would result in the newspaper's most famous headline: "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." The Tribune was...

Matt and Lena Bergstrom, 9, make their way through heavy snow coming home from school on Halloween as they prepare to go trick-or-treating, Oct. 31, 2023, in Chicago's Logan Square.

Photos: Tricky weather for trick-or-treaters

November 1, 2023 at 2:20 p.m.

Matt and Lena Bergstrom, 9, make their way through heavy snow coming home from school on Halloween as they prepare to go trick-or-treating, Oct. 31, 2023, in Chicago's Logan Square....

George Halas Jr., from left, Abe Gibron and Phil Handler sit at the Chicago Bears table during the 1963 NFL draft.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: 10 key moments in George Halas’ life on the 40th anniversary of his death

November 29, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

Halloween marks 40 years since Chicago Bears founder, owner, coach and player George Halas died. Just a child then, I now have questions about his remarkable life. What were the...

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