A JFR Snapshot

     

Some may have seen this photograph before. It has been published in the past in glorious monochrome with permission from Tower Archives, and this is a colorized version prepared by Leroy. Again with thanks.

     The rear of the original snap has a handwritten description: ‘Monday, September 11th, 1922. Brother Rutherford took first car to go on initial "service day" house to house preaching work.’

     This more or less ties in with the official write-up of the 1922 Cedar Point (Ohio) Convention. From the report of the Service Director, Richard Johnson, in Watch Tower November 1, 1922, page 349:

      

The report states that 203 cars were involved. The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph suggests that this was a photo of the first vehicle off the blocks, whereas the Watch Tower review suggests it was the last; but either way it featured JFR looking at the auto license plate, which reads – 144,000.

     No wonder someone took a photograph.

     The whole event is written up in the 1975 Yearbook (pages 132-133) which has an eyewitness report of JFR in the first car, even if he couldn’t resist posing by the last.