Panoramic photo of congregation in front of Christian Church, New Castle, Indiana, circa 1912

Description:	Cirkut photograph of a large group of people posed in front of the Christian Church, located on the southeast corner of South Main Street and Central Avenue. The date stone reads Christian Chapel / A. D. 1893 [or 1883]. Many of the children hold small American flags and a man holds a banner with a K. Behind the banner is a brick structure on Church Street, likely a former church, identified on Sanborn maps as the town hall. South of the church a building is under construction or demolition. On the right, interurban car No. 326 runs along the tracks on South Main Street. Brick commercial buildings on the left house Livezey and Son Hardware in a building at 214 South Main Street and a furniture store in the Stafford and Henshaw building at 210-212 South Main Street.The photograph is blindstamped Brattains Studio / Newcaste, Ind. Claude S. Brattain owned a cirkut camera as early as 1911. Handwritten on the back is 1715 / Price 1.00 / Christian Church. The church no longer stands in 2020.
Origin:	1912, circa
Created By:	Brattain, Claude Shirk, 1880-1943
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/6D4452BA-4336-4555-BE07-024250402238
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	220 South Main Street, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, United States 39.930100,-85.370169
Subjects:	Joan Hostetler Collection Churches Group portraits Panoramic photographs Street scenes New Castle (Ind.) Henry County (Ind.)

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