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Fred Lynch
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.
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Houck Field House rebuilt after fire

Posted Monday, June 2, 2014, at 12:00 AM

G.D. Fronabarger took this aerial photo of Broadway with Houck Field House under construction in 1950. The original building burned Feb. 17, 1948.

Werner's Market can be seen at 1192 Broadway just east of Henderson Avenue. Across Broadway is a Texaco gas station. The 1951 city directory lists Hoppy's Service Station, 1189 Broadway, and across Henderson is Tom Sawyer Station, 1201 Broadway. In 1954 it was Askew's Service Station.

The building to the east of the Texaco station would become Wimpy's Wigwam in 1962, opening in the former Kilgore Drug Store and Restaurant. In 1968, Pagliai's Pizza would open there. In 1973, Sam Pagliai decided to sell the Cape Girardeau restaurant to Mark and Judy Watson who operated it for 25 years. They sold it to Ron and Vivian Bohnert in 1998.

Sharp eyes might see the old streetcar rails running down the middle of Broadway. They were paved over in 1968.

Previous blogs:

Fire destroyed first Houck Field House

The first Houck Field House

Werner's Market

Old streetcar rails on Broadway

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