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 largest and longest vessel ever built on the Great Lakes, the 729-foot ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald, slides into the launching basin on June 7, 1958, in Detroit. (AP)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Lake Michigan shipwrecks close to the city

December 29, 2025 at 1:40 p.m.

Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that...

Joan Byerle, from left, Winifred Widener, Ethel Dunlap and Margaret Waterman at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, circa 1929. The theater had opened four years earlier. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage Tribune: Goodman Theatre’s opening act was as a school for the dramatic arts

November 2, 2025 at 8:04 a.m.

Old photos of the Goodman Theatre show contemporary plays and classics performed by young people we can only presume were at the start of their careers.

The Chicago Tribune wrote about the Whitechapel Club on Jan. 28, 1945. (Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Remembering the macabre Whitechapel Club from the 1890s

October 30, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

In this treat from the Tribune's archives, learn about these men who spent their days chasing stories and nights communing with the macabre.

Robert Falls, artistic director of the Goodman Theatre, talks with reporters after he was presented with the skull of Del Close on July 1, 1999, during a ceremony at the Improv Olympic, which Close founded with Charna Halpern. (Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Skull-duggery — the city’s infamous bones

October 23, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

Here are a few of local historian Adam Selzer's favorite headcases — and a few others that have been profiled by the Tribune through the decades.

Children's singer Ella Jenkins, then 86, makes music in her Chicago home on Feb. 5, 2011. (David Pierini/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: The city’s centenarians — notable Chicagoans who lived to be 100 or older

October 16, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Here's a look back at 10 notable centenarians with Chicago connections.

Members of the Illinois National Guard stand by while firefighters try to put out a blaze in the 3200 block of West Madison Street on April 6, 1968, in Chicago. (William Kelly/Chicago Tribune)

The National Guard has been activated to Chicago 18 times from 1877-2021. Here’s a breakdown.

October 10, 2025 at 7:42 a.m.

A review of the Tribune’s archives produced 18 events in which the governor activated the National Guard within Chicago. Only two of them — both during the 19th century —...

Movie star Colleen Moore arrives at Chicago's Dearborn Station while on her way to California aboard the Santa Fe Chief on April 25, 1936. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage Tribune: Movie star, fairy godmother, patron of the arts

October 9, 2025 at 7:09 p.m.

Early film star Colleen Moore became a Chicagoan when she married local stockbroker Homer Hargrave.

Bears' William Perry, normally a defensive tackle, grabs a 4-yard touchdown pass from Jim McMahon during a 16-10 victory over the Packers on Nov. 3, 1985, at Lambeau Field. (Jerry Tomaselli/Chicago Tribune)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: 10 memorable moments from the 1985 Bears

September 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Forty years ago, the Chicago Bears were off to their best start in four decades — and you know what happened next. Here are 10 impressive moments from the 1985...

Wet but spirited, the crowd cheers musicians at the first Farm Aid concert at Champaign’s Memorial Stadium on Sept. 22, 1985. Ticket sales for the concert generated more than $1.4 million. (Ovie Carter/Chicago Tribune)

Farm Aid at 40: ‘We can’t lose this important part of America’

September 14, 2025 at 7:53 a.m.

Willie Nelson's first Farm Aid was held 40 years ago in Champaign, Illinois.

The gates at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in 1935 with two guards standing at the entrance. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage Chicago Tribune: Naval Station Great Lakes

September 4, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

Here's a look back at how Naval Station Great Lakes came to be and its mission through times of war and peace.

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