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.

Confusing traffic signs

Posted Friday, May 29, 2015, at 12:00 AM

Feb. 26, 1972 Southeast Missourian

Achievement Edition

Correcting confusion

Too many directions on an upside-down sign can mean too much confusion for a visiting motorist trying to find one of the six locations indicated here. Lt. Don Roberts, head of the police department's traffic division, unfolds the mystery following a recent accident at Broadway and North Sprigg. It's only one of many complications police experience daily while working a steadily increasing number of city accidents. (Steve Robertson ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

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