From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Interior, Immaculate Conception Church, Baltic, Conn. 13.
Image of an elaborate church interior. This image is part of a series made by one of the three Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company photographers assigned to cover New England or upstate New York. The quest for images that would be saleable as postcards resulted in the documentation of small towns and small town life at the turn of the 20th century. As the photos were shot, the glass plates were promptly sent back to Belfast, Maine, and processed into postcards at the printing plant on High Street. The village of Baltic became the home of a large Catholic population -- emigrants from from French Canada and Europe-- seeking work in the area's major textile mills. With its spacious, Romanesque aesthetic, this sanctuary reflects the designs of Roman Catholic chuches in Italy.
