July 1, 2014

Pictures of the Past #66

G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

At the intersection of Sprigg and Themis streets, hundreds of Cape Girardeau Boy Scouts are shown bearing massed colors on March 10, 1942, in a big War Rally parade as a crowd estimated from 20,000 to 25,000 persons stood along the line of march. The event was sponsored by the Marine Corps League. Read more about the event in this blog by Fred Lynch: <a href="http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/47340">www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/47340</a>

Albert Spradling Jr. and Narvol Randol are among the men on the dais for an unidentified military program. Do you recognize the event?

The crew of a naval ship posed for G.D. Fronabarger's camera, with the ship tied up at Cape Girardeau.

This was one of four big guns at the Fourth of July picnic, held at Capaha Park in 1942. It was a 105-mm. howitzer type cannon capable of firing 44-pound shell eight miles. Girardeans gathered around the big gun brought here from Fort Leonard Wood for the event. The weapons on display also included anti-tank guns, small anti-aircraft guns, trench mortars, machine guns and rifles.

Help us identify these American Legion officers.

These men, arrayed before Academic Hall, were part of the Navy V-12 program at the Teachers College in 1943.

At Harris Field, the Army taught soldiers the basics of flying airplanes.

July 29, 1961 Southeast Missourian. "Bust or not." These local explorers and older scouts left early today for Camp Philmont in New Mexico where they will spend 12 days under rough camping experiences on the open trail. The three day trip will include overnight stops in Wichita, Kansas, and LaJunta, Colorado, where planned activities have been set up. From left to right, front, John D. Finch, Troop 3 of Columbia; Richard Lueders, Reid Carron, Bill Hopkins, Richard Haas, and John Hagans; back row, Ralph E. Frye, John Mueller, Joe Beatty, Robin Erlbacher, Leslie Thomas, L.J. Carron of Jackson, Paul Berkbigler of Cape, head of the trip; and Steve Seabaugh. Hagans and Carron are from Jackson and Hopkins is from Marble Hill. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

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G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

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