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Barn painters of Campus HighPosted Friday, May 18, at 12:00 AM April 6, 1959 Southeast Missourian Earning their fare. These members of the senior class at State College Campus High School turn painters as they earn money towards paying for a class trip they expect to take May 15 to 21 to the Gulf coast. The class is shown here painting a barn for Jim Green on Cape Rock Drive on Saturday. ...
Jim Rapp identified the teenager in the first photo of Mystery Gallery #1 as James Brune. He said the white-haired man standing in front of him was his father. He thought the photo was either an FFA or Farm Bureau event from the early 1960s. Judy Sneathen provided the following information about this photo from Mystery Gallery #2 of the children in the garden:...
Before Wille's Bakery opened in Cape Girardeau, Leonard Wille was photographed years earlier while working at Wagner's Bakery in Jackson by G.D. Fronabarger. May 29, 1977 Southeast Missourian Sweet treats a specialty at Wille's Bakery The days start early for Leonard Wille, owner of Wille's Bakery at 1001 Independence. He and his son Ralph are at work by 2:30 a.m., six days a week, preparing pastries for their customers...
This picture was taken of the newsroom at the Southeast Missourian in 1928. Left to right: Harry Barnett, Gladys Sutton, G.D. Fronabarger, Bob Slightham, Juel Mosley. Frony was a cub reporter at that time. He was hired in 1927. His newspaper photography career would not begin until the middle 1930s...
This picture was taken on South Highway 61 on October 21, 1947 by G.D. Fronabarger at the scene of a fatal accident. Underneath the lettering "So. 61 Garage" on the building can be seen part of the former business: Cape Girardeau Horse & Mule Commission Co...
We don't know the man with the mules, but we wonder if G.D. Fronabarger might have taken this picture at the Anderson Horse & Mule Commission Co. yards. Here is the story: March 18, 1937 Southeast Missourian Horse, Mule Market Makes Cape Buying Center in Middle West...
April 25, 1968 Southeast Missourian The rear wheels on the support frame under this house became stuck in the ground Wednesday afternoon and caused the house to tilt on William at Sheridan, partly blocking the thoroughfare. The structure was being moved to South Sprigg Street, but the move will be delayed. (Don Kremer Studio photo)...
Saint Francis Hospital/St. Mary's High School 1879: A small, brick structure was built at the northwest corner of Sprigg and William streets to house Saint Francis Hospital. Three Franciscan Sisters had come to Cape Girardeau in 1875 at the invitation of the Rev. Joseph Schmidt, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, to teach at the parish's grade school. The sisters established the hospital here...
From 1893 through 1934, trolley cars provided transportation through Cape Girardeau. Here a passenger prepares to board an electric street car at the corner of Broadway and Main. The Boston Grocery Store and Boston Rooming House were at the northwest corner. The building burned in 1934. (Southeast Missourian archive)...
April 22, 1961 Southeast Missourian They'll be gunning for new members when the Chamber of Commerce annual membership drive comes up in May. These members of the special committee to spearhead the event are shown as they met Wednesday to map plans for the event. ...
This picture taken April 25, 1967 shows the Federal Building construction site at the southeast corner of Broadway and Fountain Street. This view faces Broadway. The Marquette Hotel is the tallest building on the corner, at right. At left is the Idan-Ha Hotel. The Himmelberger-Harrison Building is between them...
The eyes of thousands were upon the American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps of Cape Girardeau as it paraded on the ball field at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis Friday afternoon, April 23, 1937 in ceremonies marking the formal opening of the St. Louis Cardinals' 1937 season. The crowd in the bleachers is visible in the picture as is a portion of the scoreboard in left field so familiar to those who attend games in the St. Louis Park. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)...
May 22, 1956 Southeast Missourian Mammoth trench made up Broadway hill for installation of the big storm water sewer line. This is looking west up Broadway, toward Lorimier street. In this area the concrete pipe had been put down, and some dirt heaved back on it. ...
Cape Transit Co. buses are parked outside the bus garage at 425 Good Hope St. in this photo possibly taken in the late 1940s or 1950s. (G.D. Fronabarger photo) From "Lost and Saved" In January 1946, the Cape Transit Co. acquired property at 425 Good Hope St. ...
April 16, 1956 Southeast Missourian Guarding the cash. Saturday afternoon the formal transfer of business from its old to new quarters was made by First National Bank, and this shows the last of the boxes of money being taken into the new building. From the left are Sgt. Glenn Volkerding, Patrolmen Donald Roberts and Ellis Thurm, Richard Ryan, bank teller; Joseph Haas, assistant cashier; and Patrolman Clyde Walton of the police. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)...
Feb. 23, 1963 Southeast Missourian advertisement Wards New Look Store Opened Nov. 15, 1962 Our Third Big Store Opening During 35 Years in Cape! It was a great day in Cape when Wards opened their first store here on December 29, 1928. Wards and Cape have been growing steadily ever since! First at 430 Broadway, then at 18-24 North Main, now in a greatly enlarged and completely remodeled store, Wards remains the store with more for Cape Girardeau...
April 11, 1958 Southeast Missourian Kids were having a big time Thursday afternoon during playday ceremonies at Campster School, Bloomfield Road, for Campster, Abernathy, Marquette, Pecan Grove and Oak Grove rural schools. In this sack race, from the left, are Janet Morris, Zedath Proffer, Robert Ford and David Lytes of Marquette; Ronnie Propst, Darrell Hobbs, Brenda McElroy and Denice Kelle of Campster; Janet French, Vernon and Linda Roth and Brenda Daume of Pecan Grove. ...
The 1950 census prompted a story about the south suburban area of Cape Girardeau. This aerial view is looking north with the former Highway 74 (now Southern Expressway) at the top left corner, intersecting South Sprigg Street, at left. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)...
Billy Sunday's tabernacle in 1926 at the southeast corner of Bellevue and Middle streets in Cape Girardeau. Feb. 27, 1926 Southeast Missourian Tabernacle Ready for Meeting Comfort and Safety Emphasized The Sunday tabernacle, which for the next few weeks will be the mecca for thousands of Cape Girardeans and Southeast Missourians, although necessarily rough and temporary construction, has been designed for comfort as far as is possible. ...
Feb. 23, 1963 Southeast Missourian advertisement This is Plaidland where your dreams come true with Plaid stamps. 36 N. Spanish, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (G.D. Fronabarger photo) June 26, 1963 Southeast Missourian advertisement for A&P Supermarket Cover-to-cover new...124 pages of America's finest gifts...
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Fred Lynch has captured images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.
Hot topics Mystery photos solved 5/16/2012(  1 ~ 7:09 PM, May 17)
Barn painters of Campus High
Wille's Bakery
Garland D. Fronabarger, cub reporter
Walther's Furniture
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