December 9, 2014

Pictures of the Past #89

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/

Help us identify the man in this photograph. (Southeast Missourian archive photo)

The Airline Club, located on Kingshighway, was severely damaged by the 1949 tornado, but was rebuilt at the same location. (Southeast Missourian archive photo)

Ed's Bar, operated by Ed Lottes, was located at 519 Good Hope St. (Southeast Missourian archive photo)

Can anyone identify these Southeast Missouri State College basketball players? Rebecca Below Kinder wrote: "My father, Sam Below, was able to identify two individuals in (this photo). #31 is my father, Sam Below of Delta, and he said the boy dribbling the basketball is Vivan Reed. He wasn't sure on the spelling of his first name, but it is pronounced like Ivan with a V."

Farmers & Merchants Bank, the southwest corner of Sprigg and Good Hope streets, tore down several structures to its west in 1955 to make way for a parking lot. (Southeast Missourian archive photo)

G.D. Fronabarger's shadow is visible in this photo of the Town Plaza Shopping Center, probably taken in the early 1960s. (Southeast Missourian archive photo)

This picture by G.D. Fronabarger was published March 18, 1958. Junior High pupils put in a lot of energy in making this huge snow figure. Some of the "artists" are shown; from the left, Pam Kinder, Marilyn Hoeh, Pat Shelton, Nancy Wyett, Elwood Brown, Johnny Cotner and Terry Lukens. The building became Central Junior High School when the new high school was opened in 1953 on Caruthers Avenue.

Oct. 5, 1962 Southeast Missourian. A spider named Charlotte, a pig called Wilbur, and a little girl, Fern, have become interesting characters in the lives of Mrs. Millie Ragsdale’s fourth graders at Campus Elementary School. The pupils met the trio through an intriguing book, “Charlotte’s Web,” which they have illustrated with this large display in their room. Admiring their recently completed project are, left to right, Susan Blattner, Robert Brown (holding the spider), Mark Vogel and Nancy Knote. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

Feb. 25, 1948 Southeast Missourian. The heaviest vote in the election in Cape Girardeau Tuesday was cast in Ward 4, at the Fairground Park voting precinct, where the facilities were the poorest in town. The polling place is located in the swimming pool dressing room quarters, heated only with a stove which “burned up” those nearest it and left the others freezing. Due to cold weather troubles, there are no sanitary facilities in the place, and the concrete floor is cold and damp. The job of staying for more than 13 hours in the place and looking after the votes of the 632 people who balloted there was that of those shown in the picture above. (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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