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.

Connie Crete

Posted Monday, September 28, 2015, at 12:00 AM

Connie Crete was a figure atop a sign at Cape Ready Mix in Cape Girardeau, as seen in this 1980 photo.

Cape Ready Mix was started by Clarence Shirrell in 1951 at 1205 Independence, just east of West End Blvd. The company moved to 513 S. Kingshighway in 1956.

The Connie Crete sign came down when the company moved to a new plant at a location off Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson in 1986.

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When I shot her, she was in color.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/connie-crete-up-close/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Tue, Sep 29, 2015, at 8:50 PM

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