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Fred Lynch
Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.
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Fourth of July 1942

Posted Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at 12:00 AM

July 6, 1942 Southeast Missourian

This was one of four big guns at the Fourth picnic. It is a 105-mm. howitzer type cannon capable of firing a 44-pound shell eight miles. Girardeans are 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. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Frony took another picture at the picnic of a pontoon bridge across the lagoon.

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