March 1, 2018

Captured on Film #157

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 March 28, 1993. Don McNeely leads the pack Saturday afternoon in the Saint Francis Walk for Heart '93. Many walkers participated in the event which lasted from 1 to 4 p.m. The proceeds raised by the walker will go to the American Heart Association. (Larry Thompson ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 10, 1993. The Downtown Merchants Association will host its annual fund-raiser auction Saturday at Port Cape Girardeau. Planning committee members, from left, Jim Dalaviras, Jayne Ervin, Scott Shivelbine and Chris Tanksley, show off some of the merchandise that will be auctioned. All proceeds will benefit downtown restoration projects. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 30, 1993. Peter Bergerson makes a point during the first meeting of the Cape Girardeau Charter Review committee at City Hall. The group plans to analyze the city charter. Paul Stehr was elected chairman of the group at the gathering. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 8, 1993. Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard Boyd Jr., left, explains the workings of his H&K P7M8 9mm handgun to patrolman Charlie Herbst. Cape Girardeau police officers are issued a model 28 Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum handgun, but may carry other weapons with approval. Shown are some of the weapons carried by officers, clockwise from top left, Smith & Wesson 9mm, Sig-Sauer 9mm, Glock .40 S&W and Beretta 9mm. (Don Shrubshell ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 10, 1983. Cape Girardeau Police Ptlm. Randall E. Roddy checks out the department's new radar unit and speed display board in the 1200 block of Perryville Road today. The department will use the equipment to allow motorists to check the accuracy of their vehicle speedometers on Mount Auburn Road from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The 41 miles per hour displayed on the board, by the way, is 11 miles above the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit in the 1200 block of Perryville Road. The driver of the vehicle on which the unit was focused was not ticketed, however. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 4, 1993. Dr. Edward Campbell, left, and Dr. Charles P. McGinty hold some old surgical tools that are on display at Saint Francis Medical Center along with an old-fashioned wheelchair. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

This picture was made possibly in 1944 of what may have been one of the largest crowds to see a baseball game at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. It was when the St. Louis Browns held their spring training in Cape Girardeau. The Browns were playing their minor league affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens. The Browns trained here 1943-45 and the Mud Hens were here 1944-45. (G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive) Read more about the Browns in Cape Girardeau in this blog: www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/33592

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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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