Pictures of the Past feature to begin in April on website

Mystery Photo Galleries, a popular feature on semissourian.com, will be replaced in April by a new photo feature, Pictures of the Past.

For the past year, hundreds of unidentified pictures taken in the 1940s and 1950s by longtime photographer G.D. "Frony" Fronabarger have been presented in mystery galleries. Through the help of readers, around 100 of those images have been identified.

Beginning April 2, semissourian.com will present Fronabarger photos that are at least partially identified. Readers will still be encouraged to contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com with any information they can provide about images in Pictures of the Past.

Mystery Photo Galleries will remain on the Missourian's History Page, www.semissourian.com/history/, for viewing and comments.