June 23, 2016

Captured on Film #69

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 June 24, 1991. Members of the Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club gathered under a pavilion after a sudden rainstorm cancelled their planned bicycle ride from the Rose Display Garden at Capaha Park. From left were Pat Boyd, Gene Pulley, Judy Pulley and Judy Cureton. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 10, 1991. Neyland Clark, center, new superintendent of the Cape Girardeau Public Schools, discussed the hiring of Terry Kitchen as the district’s athletic director during a school board meeting. With Clark were board members Pat Ruopp, left, and Carolyn Kelley. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 6, 1991. Richard Giles, who was hired as the new principal at Charles Clippard School in Cape Girardeau, met members of the school's teaching staff during a reception. Talking with Giles were, from left, Ann Muench, Rhonda Knepp and Margaret Little. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 2, 1991. The Lickety Split Water Slide, located on Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, was in its 10th year of operation in 1991. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 23, 1991. The first of two Marble Hill signs was installed on the west side of the city. The huge sign, constructed of steel and more than 30 feet long, was designed by Marble Hill sculptor and artist Tom Runnels. From left were Marble Hill Mayor Shirley Cooper, Runnels and sign committee members Sheila Teeters, Charles Hutson and Don Lax. The sign was installed by Jeremiah Mills and Charles Collier of Patton Steel Products. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Can anyone remember where this mystery photo might have been taken? The soda fountain was presumably in Cape Girardeau in the 1950s. (G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 2, 1991. Members of the Cape Road Runners tried out the course for the Riverfest Run in advance, with a one-mile fitness walk and fun run as well as the 5 1/4-mile road run. From left were Kathy Breitenstein and her children, Seth and Whitney; Heidi Haley and Arthur Pilsner, Gary Gilbert and Gay Pilsner. (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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