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.

Tacky Day at Central High

Posted Monday, October 21, 2013, at 12:00 AM

"One-Shot" Frony assembled the wacky-looking group of Central students for a picture. Then the photo-op developed into something more. He took another photo, below, which was published on the front page of the Southeast Missourian on May 22, 1956.

Central High School seniors had their day of fun Monday when they staged their pre-graduation stunt of Tacky Day. Dolled up in all sorts of get-ups, some representing comic book characters and others using their own ideas, the youngsters had a day of frolicking which started when they assembled for this picture and an impromptu square dance at the school's entrance. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

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Here's how the students dressed in 1964 or 1965.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/students/high-school-dress-codes/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Oct 21, 2013, at 9:03 AM

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