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.

Windy Bar refugees 1939

Posted Friday, May 6, 2011, at 7:30 AM

April 24, 1939 Southeast Missourian

Alfred Moore, farmer, and his wife, daughter and grandson, taxied up on Independence just west of Water Street Saturday in their 15-foot boat, loaded with all household possessions after they had been chased off Windy Bar, 6 miles upstream on Mississippi River on the Missouri side. Here they sought temporary shelter with relatives until the flood recedes. This shows the turbulent Mississippi at a stage of 36.02 feet, its crest. A part of the seawall is visible in the background. Truck crops on the bar island gone, the family now faces the prospect of trying anew to make a living this summer. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Comments

Be the first to post a comment

Respond to this blog

Posting a comment requires a subscription.