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.

River flooding in the 1920s

Posted Monday, June 22, 2015, at 12:00 AM

A fisherman shows off his catch in the lower part of this flood picture made at Main and Independence in Cape Girardeau. The photo was likely taken between 1921, when the Frisco depot was finished, and 1927, when construction began on the traffic bridge.

Previous blog with links to flooding photos:

Mississippi River floods Main Street

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