August 20, 2015

Captured on Film #25

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. 11, 1988. Snuggles, a familiar sight at Eggimann Feed who liked to sit on dry hay bales and watch the traffic drive past on Independence Street, paused for a drink after a torrential rain filled the intersection of Independence and Middle streets. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 29, 1990. Anne Bradshaw, left, charter member of the Saint Francis Medical Center Auxiliary, was presented the 1990 Vernice Baumstark Award at the auxiliary's annual luncheon at the Drury Lodge. Presenting the award was auxiliary president, Mary Margaret "Boots" Staley. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 11, 1990. Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard Boyd looked through the file compiled over the previous two years into the disappearance of a local woman. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 8, 1990. Newly elected Cape Girardeau City Council members Doug Richards, left, and Mary Wulfers, and re-elected Councilman David Limbaugh took the oath of office at City Hall. Also sworn in was incumbent Mayor Gene Rhodes. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Jan. 18, 1990. School was out, the students were gone, and the May Greene Elementary School staff gathered around a television for a video aerobics session. City schools were promoting staff wellness to set a good example for students. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 19, 1990. Southeast Missouri State University President Dr. Robert W. Foster, center, met at the University Center with the university's Board of Regents, including Donald L. Harrison, left, and Pat Tlapek. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 10, 1990. Author Robert Vaughan of Sikeston, Missouri, left, introduced author L.D. Brodsky of St. Louis to 85 aspiring writers at the Heartland Writers Workshop at Southeast Missouri State University. Brodsky was known for his donation of William Faulkner materials to the university and co-authoring a book on Faulkner. (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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