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.

Kent Library aerial 1950s

Posted Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at 12:00 AM

This aerial photo by G.D. Fronabarger shows a portion of Southeast Missouri State College in the 1950s.

Academic Hall is prominent at the top. In the center, to the left, is Kent Library.

To the left of the library is Leming Hall, a women's dormitory, site of the present University Center.

To the right of the library is Albert Hall, a women's dormitory.

The former L.B. Houck residence is just south of Albert Hall.

At the far right side is the Baptist Student Center.

Normal Avenue runs between the buildings and Academic Hall.

In 1958, the college would begin demolition of Albert Hall and the Houck house, along with the nearby Haas house, to make way for construction of a women's dormitory, Dearmont Quadrangle.

Previous blogs:

Albert Hall demolished

Leming Hall in snow

SEMO campus aerial 1953

L.B. Houck home razed for dormitory

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Here are some aerials of SEMO I shot about 10 years later:

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/southeast-missouri-state-university-1...

Look at the difference between the SEMO campus in 1966 and 2010:

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/southeast-missouri-state-university/s...

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Wed, Nov 5, 2014, at 12:55 AM

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