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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."

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Raising a gift bouquet above the open top of his limousine, Pope John Paul II greets a crowd estimated at 70,000 at Providence of God Roman Catholic Church at 717 W. 18th St. on Oct. 5, 1979. The 10-minute visit to the Pilsen neighborhood, during which he spoke to the crowd in Spanish and English, was the start of the pontiff's first full day in Chicago. The pope's motorcade then proceeded to Five Holy Martyrs Church, where he celebrated Mass in Polish, passing Visitation Catholic High School along the way.

Chicago’s first papal visit

"The city of the broad shoulders became the city of the open arms," declared the Tribune when Pope John Paul II visited in October 1979. An estimated 750,000 people lined...
Lenore Radway, left, and Sherley Becker polish a torpedo flask in 1943 at the Amertorp Torpedo Ordnance Corp. in Forest Park, Illinois. As many as 6,500 workers churned out hundreds of torpedoes per month, a long-forgotten but crucial part of the war effort.

World War II: Life in Chicago

Army engineers build a pontoon bridge across the Chicago River at State Street as a demonstration of their work, circa June 13, 1945. The Tribune Tower is visible in the...
WGN-TV newsreel photographers Fred Giese, on the curb, and Leonard Bartholomew, positioned on the car, shoot pictures in the Loop on March 22, 1948. This photo ran on April 4, 1948 with the announcement in the Tribune that WGN-TV would started its transmission the next day. Both Giese and Bartholomew were the first cameramen appointed to the eight man WGN-TV Newsreel staff. Bartholomew had been a veteran still photographer for the Tribune who earned the nickname "the man who's late for dinner."

Vintage: WGN television history

WGN-TV operated from the organ loft at the Chicago Stadium during its first scheduled telecast at the Golden Gloves fights on March 5, 1948. The finals of the Golden Gloves...
Schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes, 24, of Dayton, Tenn., stands before Judge Raulston just before he was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined $100 on July 21, 1925, at the end of the Scopes Monkey Trial held at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton.

The fight over evolution

Schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes, 24, of Dayton, Tenn., stands before Judge Raulston just before he was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined $100 on July 21, 1925, at the...
The Tri-State Tornado ripped through Murphysboro, Ill., on March 18, 1925.

The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925

The scene in Murphysboro, Ill., after the Tri-State Tornado damaged the town on March 18, 1925, killing nearly 700 people. The Tri-State Tornado ripped through Murphysboro, Ill., on March 18,...
Life guards and professional swimmers who had worked to save the lives of those on board the Favorite, stand on top of the sunken boat in Lake Michigan on July 28, 1927. The Favorite was an excursion steamer that would take boaters from Lincoln Park and drop them off at Municipal Pier (later called Navy Pier).

The sinking of the Favorite

Life guards and professional swimmers try to save the lives of those on board the Favorite after it capsized when a huge squall hit Lake Michigan on July 28, 1927...
Onlookers watch police remove the bodies from the garage on North Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and riddled with bullets to eliminate the last challenge to Al Capone on February 14, 1929. The St. Valentine's Day shootings shocked a populace that had grown numb to gangland killings.

St. Valentine’s Day massacre

Onlookers watch police remove the bodies from the garage on North Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and riddled with bullets to eliminate the last challenge to Al Capone...
A bird's-eye view of the construction of the Tribune Tower in 1924. The Wrigley Building is on the left.

Vintage: Tribune Tower

A bird's-eye view of the construction of the Tribune Tower in 1924. The Wrigley Building is on the left. The Tribune Tower in 1924. It opened to the public by...
Caskets containing the bodies of victims of the tornado that hit Oak Lawn are carried into St. Gerald's Church in Oak Lawn for funeral services for six people April 26, 1967. Aninfant and mother were buried together.

Violent F-4 tornado hits Oak Lawn in 1967

Portrait of a killer. Photographer Elmer Johnson bravely stood his ground as a twister whipped toward Harlem Avenue and 87th Street and touched down only eight blocks away in Oak...