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.

Police Court and fleet

Posted Monday, March 11, 2013, at 12:00 AM

The old Cape Girardeau Police Department and Fire Station No. 1 at Independence and Frederick streets are shown in this undated photograph by G.D. Fronabarger.

The building was erected in 1909.

The police station moved into the former Grace United Methodist Church at Independence and Sprigg St. in 1960.

The old police/fire station is now the Cape River Heritage Museum.

Previous blogs:

Old police station 1956

Cape's courtroom in former church

Police HQ accident corner

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And, diagonally across the street from the police station was Cape's most famous house of ill repute.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/capes-house-of-ill-repute/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Mar 11, 2013, at 8:19 AM
The lily pond behind the building is still there, too.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/lily-pond-behind-fire-dept-no-1/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Mar 11, 2013, at 8:20 AM

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