Mystery photo gallery #29

October 16, 2012

Check out the wide variety of photos we've selected for this week's Mystery Photo Gallery. If you can provide information about any of these images, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

May 10, 1963 Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau Junior Chamber of Commerce members are busy getting prepared for the Missouri State Jaycee Convention here May 24, 25 and 26, in which 750 persons will attend. Looking over the “welcome” signs, which will be placed over the streets, are, left to right, Paul Landgraf, Loren Smith, convention chairman Allan Baker and Richard Knaup. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

This may have been a meeting of the SEMO District Fair Board, but that's just a guess. If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

While a secretary makes notes on a pad, several men appear to be drawing names from a hand-cranked drum. If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

These ladies may have been modeling for a local clothing store. If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

Fishing Fun for Everyone. Your catch cooked at the Town Plaza Cafeteria. G.D. Fronabarger took this sometime after the Aug. 11, 1960 grand opening of the Town Plaza Shopping Center.

Their ribbons seem to indicate that these ladies were proud residents of Cape Girardeau, "City of Roses." If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

These young women, trying to shelter under a single umbrella, may have been from the Scott City area. Three wear tags with the words "Illmo-Scott City" on them. If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

From the calendar, we know it's 1961, and from their uniforms, we know they're Salvation Army workers. If you can provide information about the image, send a note to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

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