Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 1913 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 1913. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 1913
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, in 1913 was a small river town on the west bank of the Mississippi, one of the oldest European settlements in the Mississippi Valley, founded in the 1700s by French colonists. By then its economy rested on farming in the surrounding limestone bottomlands, along with limestone quarrying, lumber, and river trade, while the town's population remained modest, far smaller than in the booming river cities to the north. The Mississippi was still the town's main highway for freight and passengers, and the railroads that reached the region had not turned it into a major industrial center. Residents of the period were proud of the town's French colonial houses and its old church and burial grounds, which set it apart from the Anglo-American settlements nearby. The town's Catholic heritage, French-speaking families, and riverfront life shaped how locals saw their home.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | milfeld, f. j. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Missouri |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,054 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School |
| Reference | MO Sainte Genevieve 1 1913 |
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