So what have you got?
I'll start.
1958 aboard steamship Arosa Star, English and German JW's bound for New York for 8 day assembly at Yankee Stadium.
Old Witnessy Pics
by snugglebunny 34 Replies latest jw friends
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Slave4_38y
You could see the room is just full of Holy Spirit and flatulence. -
sowhatnow
mine wont upload, waited ten minuets. how did you upload yours? -
Sour Grapes
How many would do that today?
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millie210
Love the pic snugglebunny!
Looks like that was a fun time to be a Witness - unlike today....
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kewpie
I believe that's where my older sister was baptized. The convention was so large it spilled over onto the Polo Grounds. The religious fervor was at an all time high.I remember stories of eating meals from vending machines. The over easy eggs for breakfast were not a hit! -
Gayle
wow,, we stayed on a ship in '58 during the assembly. We traveled across U.S. from California, hot with no air conditioning back then. Back then, I think we had huge bumper sticker for car to advertise the conventions. Had no confirmation of a motel. Got in NY,, sat for a long time (seemed long for me, for me only being 11 yrs old with 3 younger siblings, ages 9, 4 and 2, with our parents) waiting. The WT got an okay for many of us waiting to stay on a ship, docked during the week. Our room was 4 bunkbeds w/sink, certainly not anything upscale . A huge sharing bathroom with individual compartments for toilet and shower. All the travelers from the ship from Europe had rooming on land. My brother and I loved discovering the wonderment of the ship, of course.
I need to find out more. But the trip was hard for my mom I remember. The heat in NY city then was miserable. The first day on the ship didn't have the air flow on yet for the bunkers. The 2-year old not potty trained yet.
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snugglebunny
Gayle, there were 3 Watchtower chartered ships docked in NY harbour at the time of the 1958 assembly, the Arosa Star, Arosa Kulm and Arosa Sun. -
snugglebunny
Here's another pic I found in my Mum's effects. It's outside the old UK bethel at Craven Terrace, London.
Bottom left is Stan Reynolds who I remember as becoming a kindly CO, top right Stanley Jones who was to be imprisoned along with Harold King as I recall.
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OrphanCrow
Old photos are great, snugglebunny. These photos are from my family collection as well.snugglebunny: So what have you got?
A JW conscientious objector at a work camp in British Columbia, Canada, during WW2 (he is showing what they got for lunch - two slices of bread with a wee dab of jam in the middle):
Sandwich board advertising in rural Canada post WW2:
How field service was done in rural Canada post WW2:
