Henry Weber

A year or more ago there was a flurry of correspondence on this blog about a picture hanging on the wall of the Bible House parlor. Who was it? Was it perhaps an elderly Joseph Lytle Russell? After some skillful manipulation of the image it was established that it appeared to be Henry Weber, former vice-president of Zion’s Watch Tower Society, holding a copy of Millennial Dawn.

I have only just noticed that this same photograph – face on – has been in the Society’s historical exhibition. Earlier today I was watching the 2014 video of the exhibition that opened in Brooklyn, and there – on the wall – was Henry Weber.

Here is a screen grab from the film.

Below is a close up.

 

Obviously when visits to the new exhiition in Warwick are allowed one might be able to get a much clearer picture, and of course it may be in a different place in the current exhibition.

Henry was a director of the Society for nearly 12 years. He died in 1904. He was a horticulturist and his company H Weber and Sons, lasted until 1978. The records of the company were ultimately donated to the Smithsonian Institute by a descendant.