It’s a busy day in historical past, Chicago.
Yes, immediately marks 37 years because the Chicago Bears received Super Bowl XX.
It’s additionally the 56th anniversary of the “Blizzard of 1967,” which dropped 23 inches of snow on Chicago and stands as the biggest snowfall on file right here.
But we’ve already lined these monumental occasions in earlier editions of the Vintage Chicago Tribune e-newsletter.
My co-curator Marianne Mather had a implausible concept when she recommended we revisit wintry out of doors actions that Chicagoans have cherished for generations. She discovered these stunning images within the Tribune’s archives. And, since we lastly have a bit of snow on the bottom and below-freezing temperatures ready for us subsequent week, then let’s get exterior!
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Curling
In a protracted, low Washington Park constructing across the flip of the final century, the game of curling arrived in Chicago. The recognition of the Scotland import grew, and the Chicago Curling Club shaped and continues to function immediately. See extra images.
Ice skating
Whether it’s on a pond, lagoon or formal ice rink, Chicagoans have at all times cherished this winter exercise. See extra images.
Ski leaping
In the early Twenties and Thirties, ski leap contests and ski tradition have been thriving within the Midwest. See extra images.
- At the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, rising Olympic ski jumpers begins younger.
- From 2018: So you need to strive ski leaping? Are you nuts?
- Chicago’s Soldier Field: A timeline of occasions since 1924, together with internet hosting the world’s athletes, congregations, politicians and performers
Speedskating
The first worldwide skating competitors in Chicago was held in 1918, the Tribune reported, and it got here as skating was booming in recognition. Speedskating was a comparatively younger sport — the primary world championship was organized in 1893 — however drew massive crowds in Chicago for native races as early as 1904.
About 30,000 noticed Arthur Staff win the inaugural Tribune-sponsored Silver Skates event on the Humboldt Park Lagoon in January 1917, in keeping with the Tribune. The Silver Skates Derbies, a Tribune-sponsored race, grew quickly throughout this time. A boys division was added in 1919. Women first raced in 1921, and a ladies division adopted in 1922. The Silver Skates competitors continues immediately. See extra images.
Winter Olympics: 4 Illinois athletes who received GOLD
How many native athletes have received gold medals within the Olympics? Really, it’s tough to know. It’s difficult to trace because the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee solely retains tabs on an athlete’s birthplace and hometown.
That mentioned, listed here are 4 tales of triumph within the Tribune’s archives spanning from 1932′s Winter Games to an iconic race by Chicago-raised and Evanston-trained speedskater Shani Davis in 2006. Read extra.
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