July 14, 2016

Captured on Film #72

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. 10, 1989. Harold Palmer, left, and his father, Jim Palmer, owner of Uncle Ralph's Furniture, moved a 9-foot-tall, wing-back chair into their new location at 1739 N. Kingshighway. It replaced a slightly smaller chair which was lost June 2 in a fire which destroyed the business at its former location downtown. Griffaw Manfuacturing of Cape Girardeau made the giant chair. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Jan. 22, 1989. Patty Mulkey, president of the Cape River Heritage Museum, looked at the forest display at Sleepy Hollow Furniture Store, which was donated to the museum by store owner David Patrick. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 12, 1988. Missouri Attorney General William Webster, right, opened a new state attorney general's office in the county courthouse in Jackson. Taking part in the ceremony were State Rep. Mary Kasten, left, and Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep. (Southeast Missourian archive)

A Greyhound bus arrived at the Union Bus Depot on Frederick Street on Feb. 28, 1990, a day before Greyhound drivers were scheduled to go on strike across the nation. At that time, six Greyhound buses operated through Cape Girardeau between St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 12, 1989. Cape Girardeau Mayor Pro Tem David Limbaugh signed a proclamation making March 12-18 Girl Scout Week in the city. Scouts attending the proclamation signing at City Hall were Emily Stanley, Wendy Allen, Myra Crawford, Amy Allen, Erika Lang, Lillian Dean, Ame Maevers and Jessica Morrows. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 24, 1991. An open-air pavilion was constructed in the summer of 1991, resembling an old-time railroad depot. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published July 24, 1991. Jim Casteel installed sections of a metal roof on the new open-air pavilion in downtown Cape Girardeau. The pavilion, a joint project of the Downtown Merchants Association and the Downtown Redevelopment Corporation, was situated in the parking lot across from Hutson Furniture. Plans called for a water fountain to be installed through assistance by the Riverfest Committee. (Fred Lynch ~ 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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