Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing 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.

Sandlot baseball players

Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 7:30 AM

July 26, 1946 Southeast Missourian

Youngsters gather in the Koch suburb playground on Bloomfield street to begin a ball game. It was part of a supervised play program for the summer in Cape Girardeau. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

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Could 23 primary schoolers gather anywhere in 2010 without at least one adult being present?

-- Posted by semowasp on Fri, May 28, 2010, at 7:06 AM

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