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.

WPA head sees progress at Community Center

Posted Monday, April 8, 2013, at 12:00 AM

June 24, 1938 Southeast Missourian

Matthew S. Murray, state WPA administrator, was agreeably surprised when he viewed the progress being made by his WPA workers on the new Community Center, or arena building, at the new city park this week. Mr. Murray, at the right, is shown standing with the building superintendent, Melvin Rickard, in what will be the auditorium of the structure. Workmen are shown clambering in numbers over the forms being placed for bleacher seats on the east side of the auditorium. This main auditorium will seat approximately 6,000 persons. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Previous blogs:

Arena Building under construction

Gen. Evangeline Booth at Arena

Crowds pack Arena for basketball

Gun show at Arena Building

Air marker, SEMO Fair

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Just another one of those socialist make-work programs..... Let's see, something that put men to work in 1938 is still in use 75 years later. That doesn't sound like a bad return on the investment.

Here are some other alphabet soup agency projects:

Jackson High School football stadium

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/jackson-high-school/

Jackson Swimming Pool

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/jacksons-1938-swimming-pool/

Oran City Hall

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/tour-de-oran/

Lorimier School/ Cape City Hall

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/lorimier-school-cape-city-hall/

Franklin School

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/franklin-school/franklin-school-construction/

Fort D reconstruction

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/parks/fort-d-in-1966/

Kage School wiring

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/kage-school-a-picture-with-a-question...

Cape sewers

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/cape-sewer-project-1940-41/

Would that we would spend money on infrastructure today.

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Apr 8, 2013, at 9:51 AM
Seat 6000? Wow! I hope I'm not in there with 6000 people..that's more than most of time in the

Show-Me Center.

-- Posted by DKKCCG on Wed, Feb 26, 2014, at 6:33 PM

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