After J F Rutherford became Watch Tower Society president in 1917, it was not uncommon for postcards to be sent showing both his photograph and that of Charles Taze Russell. Below are two examples.
The photograph of CTR
appears to be the same, but reversed for one printing; however, there are two
different photographs for JFR.
*** yb13 p. 177 One Hundred Years Ago—1913 ***
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A postcard: Transcontinental Tour of Pastor Russell
The postcard was critically written as early as 1931
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Now at the Berlin assembly he called attention to the many pictures of himself and of Brother Russell that were being sold in the form of postcards or pictures, some of which were even framed. After discovering these pictures at the numerous tables in the corridors around the hall, he mentioned them in his next talk, urging those in attendance not to buy any of them and asking the servants in charge in plain words to remove the pictures from their frames and to destroy them, which was then done. He wanted to avoid anything that could lead to creature worship. In connection with the Berlin convention Brother Rutherford naturally visited the branch office in Magdeburg. Like earlier visits, this one proved to be like a refreshing, liberating breeze. Shortly before Brother Rutherford’s visit, pictures of him and of Brother Russell had been hung up in all the rooms. Now all of these were removed, just as soon as Brother Rutherford discovered them.