Images: #TBT Gallery revisits blizzards of 1967, 1979
January has brought heavy snowfalls to the Chicago suburbs on more than a couple of occasions.
On this date, Jan. 26, 1967, a record 23 inches started falling early in the morning and by late morning on the 27th, abandoned automobiles littered the roads and parking lots. Roads were impassable.
The thick blanket of snow shut down both Midway and O'Hare airports. Schools and shopping centers closed. And residents slowly dug themselves out.
Then again in 1979, this time on January 13, 21 inches began to fall and caused power outages, collapsed roofs, closed roads, schools and businesses, and both airports again.
Daily Herald photographers trudged out to make photos of suburban residents digging out and a few having fun with their plight.
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