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Lorberg Furniture & Undertaking crowdPosted Monday, May 20, at 12:00 AM Hundreds of people gather outside Lorberg Furniture and Undertaking Company at 625 Good Hope Street for its grand opening June 23-24, 1916. At left, the Orpheum Theater west of Stehr Mercantile Co. is under construction. Other visible businesses include The Ideal Shop and Miller & Kinder Drugs. (Lueders Studio photo)...
Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Harry Rabe is seated in the fire engine in this early photo by G.D. Fronabarger from the 1930s. Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that killed more than 250 people. In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation. Since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls...
Readers have identified some of our mystery photos which can be viewed here: Mystery photo galleries PHOTO GALLERY 46 George E. Davis recognized photographer G.D. Fronabarger's son in photo #1: "I think this is Frony's son Bill, who had his own chemistry lab in the house."...
Workmen of the State Highway Department begin razing the toll house to the Mississippi River bridge on July 1, 1957 in Cape Girardeau. The reinforced concrete structure was used to collect millions of dollars from the traveling public during the 29 years the bridge was operated on a pay-as-you-go basis. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)...
Three steamboats docked at Cape Girardeau drew a crowd to the levee. The boats are, from left, the Bald Eagle, the Tennessee Belle and the Cape Girardeau. (Undated) April 24, 1924 Southeast Missourian Many Enjoyed Excursion on New Steamer The new steamer Cape Girardeau today was making its way back to St. ...
Students pose outside Marquette School in this undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger. The school opened in 1924 with 74 pupils of the Rock Levee school district, immediately south of Cape Girardeau. In 1968 the Marquette school district was dissolved with its 40 pupils transferred to Cape Girardeau public schools...
Thousands at Finale of Free Bridge Celebration July 1, 1957 Southeast Missourian The queens are crowned and presented with gifts by Mrs. Jack O. Knehans of Cape Girardeau. In the photo, left to right, Miss Mimi Tieman of Cairo, IIl., maid of honor to Illinois Queen Miss Linda Cooksey of Marion, Ill.; Missouri Queen Miss Georgia Kinder of Painton, Mrs. ...
May 17, 1967 Southeast Missourian Traffic Stopper Traffic was forced to detour around this double-decker Greyhound bus when it stalled at its terminal on Independence street Tuesday afternoon. Motorists drove through opening between rear of bus and the station to get around until a truck arrived to remove the bus from the street. Congestion frequently occurs at the site when buses arrive and depart because of the narrow docking space and the volume of traffic carried by Independence...
A World War II-era U.S. Army DUKW amphibious truck, colloquially known as Duck, cruises a swollen Diversion Channel south of Cape Girardeau in this undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger. The old U.S. 61 bridge is in the background. The bridge no longer exists...
This undated aerial photo by G.D. Fronabarger shows the Mississippi River flooding on Water Street before the floodwall was built. Broadway is dry next to Buckner Ragsdale Co. We know the picture was made before 1958, because the building on the north corner of Themis and Water came down that year...
The Whitewater River runs high under the Burfordville covered bridge in this undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger. The bridge is the oldest of four remaining covered bridges in Missouri. An estimated 30 covered bridges once spanned Missouri's rivers and creeks from the 1820s to the end of the century, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources...
June 11, 1968 Southeast Missourian Mrs. Carl Kiehne points to the old streetcar rails along Broadway which now will be completely covered by the (asphalt) surfacing. Mrs. Kiehne recalls coming to Cape Girardeau during the fair and riding the streetcars. The streetcar company was operated by Missouri Utilites Co. until 1934. (Missourian archive)...
The Glenn House, 325 S. Spanish St., undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger. David A. Glenn was a successful Cape Girardeau businessman, president of the First National Bank and owner of the Glenn Mercantile Company. In 1881 he married Lula Deane, the daughter of well-known local architect Edwin Branch Deane. Deane designed a vernacular brick home for his daughter and son-in-law, which was built in 1883...
August. 13, 1986 Shannon Crowden, Mark Robinson and Roger Blue go down Wet Gene's Waterslide between Cape Girardeau and Jackson on Highway 61. The recreational area was opened in 1980 by Gene Rhodes. In 1987 it became LicketySplit under new ownership of Phillip "Bud" Leuckel...
Elementary school students pose outside Holy Family Catholic Church in this undated photo by G.D. Fronabarger. On Oct. 6, 1940, the Holy Family Catholic Church, a black mission of St. Vincent's Church, was dedicated by Monsignor Leo Steck, the head of the Catholic Rural Life Conference. The church at 1507 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau was established to serve south Cape Girardeau and the black community...
The Cape County Farm Home is seen in 1952 on Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. (Southeast Missourian archive) Dec. 21, 1955 Southeast Missourian County 80-year-old Farm Home To End Operation in Few Weeks Cape County's 80-year-old County Farm, a financial liability from the beginning, will cease to function as a home for the indigent and aged within the next few weeks...
March 16, 1963 Southeast Missourian The old Bremermann House on Broadway is being razed to make way for a new building for First Federal Savings and Loan Association. The structure, long a landmark beside the post office, is seen looking from the back yard toward the Marquette Hotel with a corner of the post office at the left. ...
Readers have identified some of our mystery photos which can be viewed here: Mystery photo galleries PHOTO GALLERY 4 Jane Nicholas sent us information on photo #4: "In gallery #4, photo 4, I recognize two of the women. My mom (Bernice Rodgers) second from the right on the far side of the table, and Alberta Schaefer (I think that's correct), first lady on the right on the near side of the table. ...
June 24, 1938 Southeast Missourian Matthew S. Murray, state WPA administrator, was agreeably surprised when he viewed the progress being made by his WPA workers on the new Community Center, or arena building, at the new city park this week. Mr. Murray, at the right, is shown standing with the building superintendent, Melvin Rickard, in what will be the auditorium of the structure. ...
May 4, 1963 Southeast Missourian Richard Graham, eighth grade pupil at St. Mary's Grade School, captain of the school safety patrol, stops traffic on busy South Sprigg. For his conscientious work on the patrol, Richard has been chosen as the Honor Patrol Member of the Week. As captain, Richard experiences heavy responsibility, since Sprigg is one of the most heavily traveled streets in the city. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)...
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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.
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