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.

The round sofa at Hecht's

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at 12:00 AM

While waiting to photograph some women modeling furs at Hecht's store on Main Street in August, 1980, I shot a couple of photos of an occupied round sofa in the store.

Today, Hecht's is gone, but the round sofa continues to serve the public.

After a stint at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in downtown Cape Girardeau, in 2021 the round sofa is in the lobby of Marquette Tower. Sue Sanders reports the settee has been recovered twice since its duty at Hecht's, where it was affectionately known as the "pouf."

Previous blogs:

Hecht's Store 1927

Hecht's weathervane

The exterior of Hecht's store is shown next door to Minnen's in this blog:

Minnen's

Read about Hecht's history in this 2003 Southeast Missourian story:

A fitting legacy

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Here is where it lives today.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/cape-downtown/hechts-poof/

It sure seemed bigger when I was about 5 years old.

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Wed, Aug 19, 2015, at 3:02 AM

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