History and stuff

The history of the 19th century Bible Student movement, with occasional more recent developments among those who stayed with the Watch Tower Society. A place for historians who love this subject. Not a place for polemics or for debating beliefs; simply history written as neutrally as possible. Enjoy! Some reprinted pieces first appeared on: truthhistory.blogspot.com

History and stuff

The history of the 19th century Bible Student movement, with occasional more recent developments among those who stayed with the Watch Tower Society. A place for historians who love this subject. Not a place for polemics or for debating beliefs; simply history written as neutrally as possible. Enjoy! Some reprinted pieces first appeared on: truthhistory.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, 30 June 2020

A JFR Snapshot

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J F Rutherford in a candid snapshot taken at a convention in 1922. Note that the license plate number looks like 144,000. With gratefu...
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Friday, 26 June 2020

Joseph Smith's Family Tragedy

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Guest post by Bernhard Joseph Firth Smith was one of the seven original directors, when the Watch Tower Society was incorporated in ...
Monday, 22 June 2020

At the Movies

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(This article gives links to see some of the films. If in time to come these links no longer work, a search of the appropriate titles shou...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Kinemo 1

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This series of articles covers the history of the Kinemo films produced with the Watch Tower Society’s approval. They are: 1.       Thr...
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Kinemo 2

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The Cedar Point, Ohio, convention of 1922 is an historical milestone for the Bible Students who later adopted the name Jehovah’s Witnesses...

Kinemo 3

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This third article is to show how these films have survived. The previous article noted that narrow guage films for private home use wer...
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Kinemo 4

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This article could be subtitled: IT DOES HELP IF YOU GET THE BASIC FACTS RIGHT There was quite an amazing review of the Kinemo Film ...
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Thursday, 4 June 2020

Rose and Charles Ball

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A few years ago I wrote an article on How Old Was Rose Ball? Due to Maria Russell’s contradictory testimony in Russell vs Russell (1906) t...
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