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.

Broadway Christmas

Posted Friday, December 23, 2011, at 12:00 AM

The Esquire Theater was showing "Babes in Toyland" when G.D. Fronabarger took this picture on Broadway in December 1961.

The Pla-Mor Recreation Center is at the left of the theater. At the right are Beard's Sport Shop and Wayne's Grill.

Here is a previous blog about the Pla-Mor.

Here is a previous blog about Beard's Sport Shop and Wayne's Grill.

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Now that was the good old days I wish they would come back.

-- Posted by swampeastmissouri on Sun, Dec 25, 2011, at 8:54 AM

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