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.

Lorimier School crosswalk

Posted Monday, November 19, 2012, at 12:00 AM

Children cross Independence street in front of Lorimier School in this undated photo from 1960 by G.D. Fronabarger.

This building was actually New Lorimier School. It opened its doors on Sept. 7, 1937, replacing the original Lorimier School built in 1871.

The school was used until 1976. The building was sold to the city of Cape Girardeau and became City Hall.

For more history of New Lorimier School, see this blog by Sharon Sanders:

New Lorimier School opened 75 years ago

St. Mary's Grade School crosswalk

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If you went to the school, you might remember these creepy (to me, at least)tile murals on the wall.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/creepy-lorimier-school-murals/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Nov 19, 2012, at 8:38 AM

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