Watch Tower History

 I need all the newspaper references to the debate you can uncover. Please. This will help immensely. 

 

 

While outside of the regular time frame for this blog, the information below might be of interest to some. In the 1930s and early 1940s Je...

  The Aurora Convention was held over August 8-13, 1917 at Fox River Park, Aurora, Illinois. This candid snapshot of a car with the cross an...

My thanks to Tom S. for sharing. You may need to click on the image to see it in its entirety. 

Sent by Liam C. AN EXPLANATION.             Mr. Hollister of the Millenial Dawn Society states that we published “a slanderous statement ”...

 Sent by Liam C. to whom we owe our thanks. “Millennial Dawn”              I have been requested to say a little to you concerning the her...

 On ebay. Not mine, but I wish they were.

  The Christian Movement in the Japanese Empire Including Korea and Formosa. A Year Book for 1916. Korea             The Government Gene...

  With thanks to Leroy and AI (artificial intelligence), here are the 1919 convention speakers as you may not have seen them before. Click o...

Currently on ebay for more money than I can spare. Enjoy:

 We traveled to the 1953 Convention via auto, an old 1939 Packard that got us there and back, but died the day we returned home. We stayed i...

      One edition of Studies in the Scriptures that is particularly collectable is the 7 th volume The Finished Mystery in its printings f...

 Another amazing image from Tom S.'s amazing archive. 

 Our thanks to Tom S. and Raymond S. for these images. The first is a rare handbill from 1917. The following is from July 20, 1913. A newspa...

Guest post by Liam C. Part 1 of 2      Many readers of this blog who are interested in Bible Student History and who like me spend too m...

 My thanks to Tom S. who sent this photo to me. Peoples' Temple, Los Angeles, California, Courtesy of Tom S.

My thanks to Tom S for sending.  

 Please translate this card.

 Tom S. sent me a mass of material for which I am very thankful. This is a handbill for a local convention. There were many of these in the ...

 This photo is for sale on ebay. It is, of course, way past the era we cover here, but it is interesting. The brothers and sisters and child...

     This blog invites comments on historical matters, but sometimes receives responses of a highly negative nature. These normally just get...

 I need help with my young adult book. The text is done, but I can't seem to create my cover. I want to use a previous cover, one used o...

 Currently on ebay. No I do not profit from this. It's just interesting.

 Newspapers started carrying Russell's sermons in 1903. I won't discuss all the issues surrounding this enterprise, but it is intere...

 This, with an American publication from the same year, is the earliest mention of 2520 years as the length of the Gentile Times. This 1798 ...