On Jan. 26, 1967, over 20 inches of snow fell on Chicago. This photo, taken after the big snowfall on Feb. 1, 1967, shows the snow princess candidates of North Park University posing with a snowman.

We are republishing it for the anniversary of the storm on Saturday. The Blizzard of '78 was a catastrophic storm that killed about 100 people and injured 4,500 more — and caused more than $500 ...