{"id":806,"date":"2009-12-23T04:05:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paragonis.com\/Emails\/?p=806"},"modified":"2009-12-23T04:24:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:24:33","slug":"photos-form-the-cenventions-of-1947-and-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Photos From the Cenventions of 1947 and 1953"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These are pictures taken from LIFE magazines back in the late 40’s and early 50’s.<\/p>\n

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\nJehovah’s Witnesses Convention, at graduation, class of 120 missionaries from Witness bible school heard seven speeches before receiving diplomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witnesses Convention at Yankee Stadium is opened officially by Convention Chairman Grant Suiter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nCrowds attending the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nCA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nLoomis Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nPair of Jehovah’s Witnesses women chatting next to road sign reading WATCHTOWER AVE in a temporary tent city set up for those attending the convention from out of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nLos Angeles, CA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 14, 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witnesses Convention showing Mass baptism from which young woman emerges full fledged Witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nBack of car advertising for Jehovah’s Witnesses’ activities at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nCA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\n1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nLoomis Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nAt Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention two girls set their hair in curlers outside lavatory built by Witness Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nGroup of Jehovah’s Witnesses attending a convention held at Wrigley Field are singing together in the stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nChicago, IL, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 14, 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nLoomis Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witness encampment during world convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nAt Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention mother writing lecture notes while son sleeps on her lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nLarge crowd of people attending the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nCA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\n1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nLoomis Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nH.K. Townsend (standing) brought group of out of town Jehovah’s Witnesses from Clarksburg WV to the convention in a wooden jury rigged bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nLos Angeles, CA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 14, 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nLoomis Dean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nNathan H. Knorr speaking at Jehovah’s Witness convention of the sect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witnesses At Yankee Stadium & Mass Baptism At Riverside Cascade Swimming Pool, NYC<\/p>\n\n\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witnesses At Yankee Stadium & Mass Baptism At Riverside Cascade Swimming Pool, NYC<\/p>\n\n\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nMembers making door-to-door calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nMay 1958<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nCarl Mydans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\n“Watchtower”, being distributed in streets of Bangkok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nBangkok, Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nMarch 29, 1950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nDmitri Kessel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nMember selling “The Watchtower” on streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nApril 1958<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nCarl Mydans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nMen and women in bathing suits taking part in a mass baptism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Jehovah’s Witness followers holding a mass baptism at Riverside Cascade swimming pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witness followers worshipping under big tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witness follower sitting under big hat, studying her Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nNew York, NY, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nJuly 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photographer:<\/td>\nRalph Morse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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\nJehovah’s Witnesses attending a mass baptism at Gay’s Pickwick Swim Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Location:<\/td>\nBurbank, CA, US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date taken:<\/td>\nAugust 14, 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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These are pictures taken from LIFE magazines back in the late 40’s and early 50’s. Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention, at graduation, class of 120 missionaries from Witness bible school heard seven speeches before receiving diplomas. Location: NY, US Date taken: August 1950 Photographer: Ralph Morse Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention at Yankee Stadium is opened officially by Convention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}