With thanks to Bernhard who supplied the photograph.
The word “operatoris” is the Latin for “operators.”
The first showing of the Photodrama to the general public appears to have been on January 11, 1914, at the New York City Temple. Cutting below is from the New York Sun, January 11, 1914, page 13.
Interestingly, F. Franz wrote that the premiere was planned earlier:
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Among the incidents in my life that I look back on with fondness were the times I had the joy of meeting the Society's first president, Charles Taze Russell. I first became personally acquainted with him the day before the premiere exhibition of the Photo-Drama of Creation at the Music Hall on Sunday, January 4, 1914. That Saturday an elder of the Cincinnati Congregation met me outside the Music Hall and said: “ Say, Brother Russell is in there, and if you go backstage you can see him.” Very eagerly I went in and subsequently found myself speaking to him face-to-face. He had come to inspect arrangements for that initial presentation of the Photo-Drama of Creation. (From Benek)
The Yearbooks for 2007 and 2014 as well as Watchtower for February 15, 2014, all give the official premiere as January 11. It may be that F Franz attended a practice run or preview just for Bible Students a week before that.
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