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.

Broadway and Fountain St. aerial

Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 12:00 AM

This aerial photograph from 1964 shows the corner of Broadway and Fountain streets. The old Federal Building, far left, and clockwise: Hotel Idan-Ha, Himmelberger-Harrison Building and Hotel Marquette.

Previous blogs:

Old Post Office (Federal Building 1958)

Courthouse Corner 1967

Hotel Idan-Ha

Fire destroys Hotel Idan-Ha

Downtown Clock moved to H-H Building

Hotel Marquette

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That was a corner that was shot a lot because it was just down the street from The Missourian.

A fender-bender at Broadway and Fountain being worked by Cape's song-writing policeman, Fred Kaempfer

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/fender-bender-at-broadway-and-fountai...

1989 Idan-Ha fire

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/broadway/1989-idan-ha-hotel-fire/

Memories of the H&H Building: draft board and dentist

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/broadway/hh-building-draft-board-and-...

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Wed, Dec 12, 2012, at 4:46 AM

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