March 2, 2017

Captured on Film #105

Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

Published April 9, 1992. Gov. John Ashcroft performed a rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In" along with impromptu vocalists Andrea Burnett of Anna, Illinois; Laura Pierce of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Shannon Curtis of Salem, Missouri, at a reception for Governor's Scholars at the University Center. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 22, 1992. David Murphy, executive director of Colonial Cape Foundation, announced plans for a $7-8 million project that would convert the former St. Vincent's College to a series of museums containing items and documents of local historic interest. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 30, 1968. Tiny Bobby Jansen, standing on a chair to be on even terms with the big folks, was rather shy when he met Sen. Edward V. Long, center. Bobby, 6, was the Head Start child-of-the-year in the Bollinger-Cape-Perry County Human Resources Corp. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jansen of Leopold, Missouri, stood on either side. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 16, 1992. U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, left, introduced Peter Kinder, who announced his candidacy as a Republican for the Missouri Senate at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. (Mark Sterkel ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 5, 1992. Jason Todt, a member of the Oran High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America, rated production pullets during one of the 18 FFA judging contests at Southeast Missouri State University. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Sept. 17, 1987 In observance of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, about 425 children and adults at St. Vincent de Paul Grade School celebrated citizenship with the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and also to the Cross of Christ. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Jan. 6, 1992. Andy, Jessica, August and Justin of Cape Girardeau were stacked up on a slide in Capaha Park. The children, along with their brother, Robby, enjoyed a chance to get out and play. (Southeast Missourian archive)

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Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

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