Information Sheet

R Sainte Genevieve Chamber of Commerce.

836 Booklet, 1935.

One folder.

This is a “Bi-Centennial Souvenir” pictorial booklet published by the Chamber of Commerce in celebration of the 200^th anniversary of the founding of the town of Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It contains photographic views of historic sites and buildings in the town.

In 1935 the town of Ste. Genevieve celebrated what was believed to have been its two-hundredth birthday. As part of the observance the Chamber of Commerce published this twelve-page pictorial booklet, which includes views of some of the community’s historic sites and buildings, as well as a brief historical appreciation of the village, its people, and its traditional French Creole culture.

In the booklet there are photographs of The Big Common Field (“La Grand Champ”), the Peter Bolduc House, the Jean Baptiste Valle House, the Vital St. Gem de Beauvais House, the Jacques Dubreuil Guibord House, the “Old Brick” House, the François Janis/Matthew Ziegler House, the Ste. Genevieve Academy, Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church, and the Ste. Genevieve Cemetery.

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