July 21, 2016

Captured on Film #73

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 June 11, 1989. Mike Seabaugh was the new owner of "On Broadway," a retail rock shop, at 429 Broadway. Seabaugh, a singer with "Forcer," an area band, planned to add a new line to the four-year-old business: tapes from local bands between St. Louis and Memphis. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published June 3, 1988. Diane Howard, president of the Riverfest Association, discussed Riverfest '88 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee at the Drury Lodge. (Mark Sterkel ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 2, 1989. Griffin's Cafe and Spirits observed its first anniversary in April 1989. Shown here were staff members at the business, from left, Lisa Rath, Paul Petrus, Bonnie Mallory, owner Wayne Griffin and Jennifer Walker. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Aug. 27, 1989. A 15-foot armored knight was among the items sold by Wilbur and Delores Luton at an auction at the Rivertown Center, 5 N. Main St., in Cape Girardeau. The knight sold for $300. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

John Mehner, left, and Jerry Schwab posed for a photograph for the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce newspaper section in 1987. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Dec. 21, 1988. Members of Laborers Local 1104, including William Houart, left, and Jay Rose, installed plastic containment material inside the old Florsheim Shoe factory on North Main Street. Asbestos removal was due to begin just after Christmas. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published April 26, 1987. Roy Roper, a student at Schultz School, helped clean the downtown floodwall as part of Help Cape Shine. (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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