September 3, 2015

Captured on Film #27

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 Feb. 13, 1980. Sparks flew as Bill Carroll applied his hammer to white-hot metal on the anvil in his blacksmith shop near Kelso, Missouri. (Phil Nash ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 8, 1990. Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft, left, raced against Charlie Clippard, Harry Guth and Bluebird, the Missouri State Games mascot, at the opening of the SEMotion Relays held at Southeast Missouri State University. The governor won the short sprint. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Sept. 25, 1970. Kindergarten children at Franklin School apparently knew the answers to some of the questions presented them during a program on safety while loading and unloading a school bus. Conducting the program were Jack R. Gleason, left, manager of Cape Transit Co., and Lt. Donald R. Roberts, head of the police department's traffic division. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 4, 1988. Fifteen-year-old Matt Anders of Cape Girardeau took a spill while practicing his "freestyle" cycling techniques on Broadway. Anders wasn't hurt in the fall. (Joel House ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Feb. 27, 1965. Susan Kay Foeste, wearing a floor-length gown of nile green slipper satin, was crowned queen at the annual College High Homecoming party. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Foeste. Pictured, from left, were: Don Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ford, escort; Cindy Benton, daughter of Mrs. Doris C. Benton, a member of the court; Brian Duschell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duschell, queen's escort; Foeste; Lavern Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Keller, retiring queen; Ray Langston, son of James R. Langston, escort and Pep Club president; Joan Godwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Godwin, a member of the court, and Kenneth Heuer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Heuer, escort. The party was sponsored by the Pep Club. Jean Ann Volz introduced the queen and her court. (Bill Hampton ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Sept. 10, 1987. Marki Springer was a physical education instructor at L.J. Schultz School. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 19, 1990. Lyn Muzzy, director of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau, showed an information rack to members of the bureau's advisory board. Racks like this one were installed at various locations in the city to boost tourism. (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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