Dinosaurs 'invade' Chicago. A monkey in charge of a switchboard. A search of the Chicago Tribune’s archives shows our neighbors from decades past loved to dish out practical jokes for April Fool's Day, as seen in this week's vintagetribune newsletter.
The Chicago Tribune published illustrations making it look like dinosaurs had invaded the city on April 1, 1906.Or, did they? Read the epic, 7,000-word story describing the takeover of our fair city by “dinosauria.”
Either on foot or by car, the traveling is slow for Chicagoans who are making their way home through the slushy snow that fell on the city in a record-breaking spring storm on April 1, 1970.Evening rush-hour commuters were feeling foolish after the city was socked with a record-breaking spring snowfall.
A yellow banner placed in Hollywood Park near Los Angeles International Airport on April 1, 1992 reads"Welcome to Chicago."What do you need to convince air travelers they are about to land in the wrong city? A really big sign. Women working with the Sunbow Foundation look inside Al Capone's Room 530 at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago on Dec. 19, 1985.
April 21, 1986: Two Chicago Tribune reporters had a hunch Al Capone’s adversaries or riches were buried in a dilapidated Chicago hotel — they were wrong
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