July 11th, 2019 3:00 PM
This 1979 photo from July 4, Forest Park Review, shows a truck that didn't quite make it under the viaduct. In the background, the vertical Wieboldt's Department store can be seen in River Forest.
Forty years ago, July 4, 1979, the Forest Park Review front page stories included this 18-wheeler that almost made it through the overpass at Harlem and Circle. Destined for Oak Park-River Forest High School, as the report states, the Canadian-based rig challenged the clearance of 13'3" and lost. Wieboldt's department store can be seen in the background, at corner of Lake and Harlem in River Forest.
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