Cape Central High Photos

Ken Steinhoff, Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1965, was a photographer for The Tiger and The Girardot, and was on the staff of The Capaha Arrow and The Sagamore at Southeast Missouri State University.

He worked as a photographer / reporter (among other things) at The Jackson Pioneer and The Southeast Missourian.

He was photo editor of The Ohio University Post in Athens, Ohio. He moved on to The Athens (OH) Messenger and The Gastonia (NC) Gazette. He worked as a staff photographer, director of photography, editorial operations manager and telecommunications manager at The Palm Beach (FL) Post between 1972 and 2008, when he retired.

Come here to see photos and read stories (mostly true) about coming of age in Southeast Missouri in the 1960s.

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St. Charles Hotel - General Grant Slept Here

I shot this photo of birds flying around inside the St. Charles Hotel on March 11, 1967, and it ran on the front page of The Missourian on March 13. It had been sold Dec. 16, 1965, and was in the process of being razed when I took the picture. The roof had been [...]

June 16th, 2010 | Category: Cape Girardeau Downtown and Riverfront | 15 comments

Serendipity in Old Town Cape

I was walking down Main St. in October shooting mug shots of  store fronts. Some of the buildings had neat patterns of light and shadow. Others had some nice reflections. Others were just there.

I shot 10 frames of this building or parts of it. None of them were particularly inspiring. Just record [...]

May 10th, 2010 | Category: Cape Girardeau Downtown and Riverfront | 9 comments

Murtaugh Park in Historical Triangle

I parked the car on Main Street near the Red House to walk across to photograph the Synagogue and St. Vincent’s Church. As I was crossing the median, I almost bumped into a stone monument with a corroded plaque attached to it.

MURTAUGH PARK

Named for Rev. James A. Murtaugh C.M.

Commemorating His

April 13th, 2010 | Category: Cape Girardeau Downtown and Riverfront | 10 comments
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