Marianne Mather

A veteran of Chicago area newspapers, Marianne Mather has been both photojournalist and photo editor. She recently co-author the book “He Had It Coming about Chicago's Murderess Row in 1924. She curates several social media profiles, including VintageTribune on Instagram and feels fortunate to have the Tribune’s vast archives at her fingertips."

The Chicago White Stockings are feted as U.S. champions, circa 1876. The White Stockings would become the Chicago Cubs in 1903. (Library of Congress)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cubs anniversaries to celebrate during the 2026 season

March 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

One hundred fifty years ago, the game was called "base-ball" and the city's team was known as the "Chicago Club" not the Chicago Cubs.

A United Airlines plane takes the overpass, which is the approach strip to the runway, as cars enter and leave Chicago's O’Hare International Airport on Sept. 22, 1967. (William Vendetta/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: How O’Hare became a ‘first in the nation’ airport

March 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Change is constant at O'Hare airport, from Orchard Place farmland to a military aircraft plant, to building the new "O'Hare Global Terminal."

Bozo the clown celebrates the show's 17th year on Sept. 11, 1978. The show included guests Mayor Michael Bilandic, characters from Great America and a cake thrown with shaving cream. (James Mayo/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: 10 television shows for kids filmed and broadcast in the city

March 12, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

Children who grew up in the Chicago area had access to an abundance of television programs that were created here just for them.

The body of a youth is carried from a school bus outside Belvidere High School after a tornado hit the town and the school April 21, 1967. School had just been dismissed when the tornado struck, sending school buses into a nearby field.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Tornadoes that left an impact on the area

March 11, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

Here's look back at the most intense tornadoes that have impact Chicago and the state.

The view of the paddock at Hawthorne Race Course in 1932 in Stickney. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: History of Hawthorne Race Course, the oldest horse-racing venue in Illinois

March 5, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

A look back at Hawthorne Race Course's more than 135 years of hosting the sport of kings in west suburban Stickey.

More than 500 demonstrators led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson march in the Loop on Jan. 5, 1979, protesting the school’s financial plight. (Walter Kale/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Five phases of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s legendary life

February 19, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

There are some aspects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's life that might have been forgotten. Here's a look back at them.

Rev. Jesse Jackson holds a press conference in the Loop after a motorcade to try to register voters among Black wards on Jan. 24, 1970. (William Yates/Chicago Tribune)

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Minister, civil rights advocate, politician, intermediary and social justice proponent

February 17, 2026 at 11:34 a.m.

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has spent the last 60 years of his life in front of cameras advocating for social...

Harold Bell, Bobby Rush, center, and Ron Satchel speak at a Black Panther press conference on Oct. 26, 1972. (Jerry Tomaselli/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Black Panther heritage sites in the Chicago area

February 12, 2026 at 7:36 p.m.

A search of the Tribune's archives found the significance of five of the Black Panther heritage sites — including the apartment where Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed.

Olympic champion speedskater Bonnie Blair of Champaign wears a big grin as she waves to fans after being surprised with a warm and raucous welcome on March 1, 1994, while passing through O’Hare International Airport. (Michael Meinhardt/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Our local Winter Olympians of Games past

February 5, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

As the 2026 Milan Cortina Games approach, take a look back at some Winter Olympians of Games past from the Chicago area.

Surrounded by one of the largest collections of tiki carvings next to those owned by Elvis Presley and Hugh Hefner, Mauricio Binetti and Angelica Palen sit amid the Hawaiian atmosphere of Hala Kahiki tiki bar on Dec. 8, 2008, in River Grove. (Darrell Goemaat/for the Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Tiki bars and tropical-themed restaurants

January 29, 2026 at 2:59 p.m.

Here's a look back at a sampling of long-gone island oases we wish we could duck into from the cold this winter.

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