Thanks for this post Leo. These photos remind me of the officer roster of the Titanic. Rutherford looks like a tired out ship captain ripe for retirement. "Millions now living will never die; full speed ahead!"
New Photos and Documents of Rutherford-era Watchtower Officials
by Leolaia 13 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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yknot
Thank Leolaia!
Sad, because of these men so much harm has been done.......and I bet none of them would have believed 2008 would have ever been seen in this system of things.
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Awakened at Gilead
Interesting.. the letter by da judge's mom is on some sort of WT letterhead....
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Leolaia
Here is a fascinating little document:
Notice the date. This is only three days after Pastor Russell died. And this was on behalf of Johnson's application for a passport in order to travel to Great Britain to assist in the handling of affairs over there. He arrived in November and -- as students of Watchtower history know -- his activities there gave Rutherford the rationale he needed to take autocratic control over the Watchtower Society.
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snowbird
Who's the little guy, bottom row, second from left?
Giovanni DeCecca?
Sylvia
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Leolaia
It's Arthur Goux.
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snowbird
It's Arthur Goux.
Thanks.
You do good.
Sylvia
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Dagney
Thanks Leo!
Interesting. Always fascinating to see the faces behind the names.
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BluesBrother
Clayton Woodworth looks decidedly strange (typical passport photo I guess)
In the recent thread that showed a letter he wrote from Prison in 118, he came across as a jovial cove
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/165574/3067240/post.ashx#3067240
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truthseeker
Thank you Leolaia for posting these.
Very interesting.
What is the time period allocated to releasing public documents? In the U.K. public documents are closed for 100 years.
