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.

Lorberg Funeral Home 1929

Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 12:00 AM

Lorberg Funeral Home was started by Martin G. Lorberg in 1910 as Haarig Furniture & Undertaking Co. Its first location was at the corner of Frederick and Good Hope. Following a stay in the 600 block of Good Hope, it moved to 215 S. Sprigg.

On June 12, 1929, the funeral home held an open house at its new location at 433 S. Sprigg, shown here.

Martin G. Lorberg is at left and Carlton "Blink" Lorberg is at right. (Published Oct. 3, 1929, Southeast Missourian 25th anniversary edition)

Previous blogs:

Lorberg Ambulance 1911

Lorberg Furniture & Undertaking Crowd

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