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Chicago of 1967
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-1967blizzard-story%2C0%2C1032940.story
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chicago+blizzard+of+1967+photos&qpvt=chicago+blizzard+of+1967+photos&FORM=IGRE
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/photo/chi-110131-snowstorm-1967-pictures,0,5150034.photogallery

Chicago Winters of 1978, 1979 and others
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Chicago+Blizzard+of+1979&FORM=RESTAB

Look back at Chicago's worst three blizzards
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/01/31/a-look-back-at-3-of-chicagos-worst-blizzards/

Chicago Blizzard of 2011
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2011/02/the-cars-of-the-chicago-blizzard-of-2011.html
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chicago+blizzard+of+2011&qpvt=chicago+blizzard+of+2011&FORM=IGRE
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chicago+blizzard+of+2011+lake+shore+drive&qpvt=chicago+blizzard+of+2011+lake+shore+drive&FORM=IGRE

The coldest days in Chicago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/12/10/the-coldest-days-ever-in-chicago/

Chicago Snow Facts
http://www.snowpusher.com/chicago-snow-facts

Winter of 1978-79 was particularly brutal, almost 90” of snow.... : (

I remember the blizzard of 67 too. I remember because of the thunder and lightning. I was a little kid and it scared me.

Bill Curtis and Wawa Jacobs on the Blizzard of 1979.....nasty storm and must remember and see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvFwjhpkjL0

The blizzard of early 1979 that essentially crippled Chicago was arguably the worst blizzard to affect that city. What made that blizzard so bad was the lack of pre-positioning of snow fighting equipment to deal with the blizzard (which mean snow clearing proved to be a tedious, slow-going process), not to mention over a month of brutal cold after the blizzard, which meant the snow didn't melt at all. It was that blizzard that cost Michael Bilandic the Chicago mayoral election at the end of February 1979.

Indeed, the persistent cold didn't finally break until the middle of March 1979, which finally melted the snow, allowing the city to finally recover.