July 5, 2018

Captured on Film #175

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 Aug. 28, 1983. Boatmen's Bank rolls ahead of B.G.'s Deli during the Cape Jaycees Bed Races held at the West Park Mall to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Doing the pushing for Boatmen's was Charles Hosea, Terry Tuschhoff, John Thompson and Chuck Doerge, with Vickie Jones the rider. The B.G. crew had Becky Moll, Alesa Lang, Kevin Gargus and Todd Barnidge with Cindy Teyssier aboard. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Aug. 11, 1993. A robin surveys the overcast weather from the World War I veterans memorial on the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse lawn in Jackson Tuesday morning. The weather forecast calls for high temperatures in the 90s today. (Don Shrubshell ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 29, 1983. Lowell Rhodes knows how to ward off the heat while getting his errands done. Lowell, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Rhodes of Dutchtown, is carrying a bag of ice down Highway 25 toward the Dutchtown Fruit Market. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 28, 1988. Work is progressing on the widening of Independence Street to four lanes. This view is looking east toward Kingshighway from the bridge at Broadview showing the construction moving toward the intersection. When this segment is completed, widening will continue west from Broadview toward Rodney. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Aug. 28, 1983. Richard Flentge, left, Mrs. M.E. Leming and Manning Greer stand behind a cooper's bench at the River Heritage Museum in Cape Girardeau. The bench, the tools and the country store in the background are part of an extensive exhibit detailing early businesses in the city. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 29, 1993. The motor vessel Kay A. Eckstein moves up the Mississippi River Monday across from Honker's Boat Club at Cape Girardeau. The river stage Monday was 34.1 feet and is forecast to crest Saturday at 35.5 feet, 3 1/2 feet above flood stage. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

There was a time when the city park playground was a more dangerous place than today. This picture shows a double slide at Capaha Park near the corner of West End Boulevard and Normal Avenue. It is undated, but probably taken in the 1950s.(G.D. FRONABARGER ~ 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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