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.

Traffic cop conductor

Posted Monday, December 26, 2016, at 12:00 AM

Dec. 27, 1972 Southeast Missourian

One of the unsung heroes of the Christmas shopping season has got to be the traffic cop. In this case it's Sgt. Burl R. Statler. Tuesday afternoon he manned the corner he has appeared at regularly during the shopping season, conducting the traffic through one of Cape Girardeau's busiest intersections--Broadway and Main streets. At times, Sgt. Statler was virtually up to his ears in traffic, though he unsnarled the autos with the grace of conductor Leonard Bernstein. (Gordon L. McBride photos)

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