NewsAugust 20, 2013
G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/
Streetlights begin to illuminate Broadway at dusk in the early 1960s in Cape Girardeau. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
Streetlights begin to illuminate Broadway at dusk in the early 1960s in Cape Girardeau. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
March 9, 1955 Southeast Missourian.
Giant killers. These Bulldogs from Douglass High of Columbia upset the tournament dope Tuesday night by downing southeast Missouri’s favored Morehouse Tigers. From the left, kneeling: Woodrow Warren, Ronald Monroe, Carl Ballenger, James Logan and Frank West. Standing: Amos Morris, athletic director; Harold Logan, Montell and Robert Washington, Roy Carter, Clarence Hayes, Larry Monroe and Coach George Brooks. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
March 9, 1955 Southeast Missourian. Giant killers. These Bulldogs from Douglass High of Columbia upset the tournament dope Tuesday night by downing southeast Missouri’s favored Morehouse Tigers. From the left, kneeling: Woodrow Warren, Ronald Monroe, Carl Ballenger, James Logan and Frank West. Standing: Amos Morris, athletic director; Harold Logan, Montell and Robert Washington, Roy Carter, Clarence Hayes, Larry Monroe and Coach George Brooks. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
This crowd's attention is riveted on the auctioneers. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
This crowd's attention is riveted on the auctioneers. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
Cook Heating, B.W. Birk Plumbing & Heating, and Cape Lumber Co., are just a few of the firms with items on display in the Arena Building. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
Cook Heating, B.W. Birk Plumbing & Heating, and Cape Lumber Co., are just a few of the firms with items on display in the Arena Building. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
It looks as if these little girls received dolls for Christmas. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
It looks as if these little girls received dolls for Christmas. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. Fronabarger)
April 20, 1961 Southeast Missourian.
A typical scene at the Rose Display Garden every Wednesday during the growing season shows members of various Cape Girardeau garden clubs doing the necessary things that make this test tract click. With the community known nationally as a City of Roses, much emphasis will be on the Display Garden as it shows the way to a city-wide rose growing campaign. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
April 20, 1961 Southeast Missourian. A typical scene at the Rose Display Garden every Wednesday during the growing season shows members of various Cape Girardeau garden clubs doing the necessary things that make this test tract click. With the community known nationally as a City of Roses, much emphasis will be on the Display Garden as it shows the way to a city-wide rose growing campaign. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
Thomza Zimmerman of Advance, Missouri co-authored the column “From Dawn to Dusk” with Jean Bell Mosley in the Cape Girardeau Bulletin newspaper. The column ran during the 1960s to 1970s. About this photo by G.D. Fronabarger, published Aug. 9, 1962 in the Southeast Missourian, Sharon Drum wrote: "The woman is Thomza Drum Zimmerman. The bird was a bluejay. The bird flew in the house one day and became a family pet."
[The bird's name was Pesty.]
Thomza Zimmerman of Advance, Missouri co-authored the column “From Dawn to Dusk” with Jean Bell Mosley in the Cape Girardeau Bulletin newspaper. The column ran during the 1960s to 1970s. About this photo by G.D. Fronabarger, published Aug. 9, 1962 in the Southeast Missourian, Sharon Drum wrote: "The woman is Thomza Drum Zimmerman. The bird was a bluejay. The bird flew in the house one day and became a family pet." [The bird's name was Pesty.]
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G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

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