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A NOTE TO THE SERIOUS WATCHTOWER COLLECTOR:
IT WASN\'T THAT MANY MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU SEARCHED WATCHTOWER or JEHOVAH ON YOU WOULD FIND 400 -500 ITEMS LISTED. NOW YOU FIND THOUSANDS. MANY ARE REPRODUCTIONS OR PHOTOCOPIES OF REPRODUCTIONS OR REPRODUCTIONS OF REPRODUCTIONS OF REPRODUCTIONS.
TODAY WHEN I TYPED IN WATCHTOWER OVER 4800 ITEMS WERE FOUND. IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO SORT THROUGH THE CLUTTER. HERE IS A SUGGESTION WHEN YOU TYPE IN WATCHTOWER, C T RUSSELL, OR J F RUTHERFORD INCLUDE THE WORDORIGINAL.
THIS SHOULD TAKE YOU TO ORIGINAL WATCHTOWER RELATED ITEMS
SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHTOWER ITEMS
THIS PHONOGRAPH IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION
THIS sale IS FOR AN
ORIGINAL WATCHTOWER PHONOGRAPH
IT IS A THE FULLY OPERATIONAL
THE SOUND IS GREAT
ALLFEATURES APPEAR TO WORK AS THEY WERE INTENDED
IT IS IN EXTREMELY NICE/USED CONDITION
It does show some wear and tear, but less then normal.COMES WITH RECORD J F RUTHERFORD \"EXPOSED\"
AND A USED PACKET OF NEEDLES
THE EXTERIOR IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION
THE REPRODUCER IS IN GREAT CONDITION ANDSOUNDS GREAT
SPEED CONTROL WORKS BRAKE WORKS HINGES AND LATCHES WORK
EXTERIOR METAL HAS SURFACE RUST
Thishandcrank phonograph is in good used condition. It does work. It does have wear and tear. The reproducer sounds great. There are a few needles in the needle holder. The Watchtower label is inside lid and can be seen in the photos. These windup record players were used in the 1930s and 1940s.
Here is a little of what has been written about the history of using the phonograph in service:
Proclaimerschap. 25 p. 565 PreachingPublicly and From House to House ***
Recorded Bible discourses too had a prominent role during the1930’s and early in the 1940’s. In 1934 some of the Witnesses began to take aportable phonograph with them when they went witnessing. The machine was ratherheavy, so they might keep it in their automobile or leave it at a convenientplace until they found people who were willing to listen to a recorded Biblediscourse. Then, in 1937, use of a portable phonograph right on the doorstepwas inaugurated. The procedure was simple: After stating that he had animportant Bible message, the Witness would put the needle on the record and letit do the talking.
Proclaimers chap. 7 pp. 84-85 Advertise the King and the Kingdom! (1919-1941)
On Saturday, September 18, following his morning discourse, Brother Rutherford released the tan-colored book Enemies. It denounced false religion as “a great enemy, always working injury to mankind.” False religionists were identified as “agents of the Devil, whether they are aware of that fact or not.” When presenting the book to the audience, Brother Rutherford said: “You will notice that its cover is tan, and we will tan the old lady’s hide with it.” To this the audience gave loud and enthusiastic approval.
For some years thephonographhad played a part in ‘tanning the old lady.’ But in connection with the phonograph work, there was a surprise at the 1937 convention. “At this assembly the work using the portable phonograph on the doorstep was introduced,” recalls Elwood Lunstrum, who was just 12 years old at the time. “Formerly we had been carrying the phonograph with us in the service, but we had only played it when invited inside. . . . An organization of ‘Special Pioneers’ was outlined at the Columbus convention to spearhead the use of the doorstep setup with the phonograph and the follow-up work with interested persons (first then called ‘back-calls’) and Bible studies with an arrangement called ‘model study.’”
1955 Watchtower 7/1 pp. 394-395 Part 13: Champions of Freedom of Speech and of Worship
Results of the non-radio sound service were so promising that, in 1934, the Society began to produce another service instrument, aportable phonograph, and to manufacture a series of 4 1/2-minute 78-rpm discs containing effective Bible lectures. At first this portable phonograph was used largely in the back-call service, but finally it came to be very widely used in the initial-call house-to-house service, being played on the doorsteps of the homes. Here indeed was a new preaching medium. It figured in a big way at the 1937 Columbus (Ohio) convention attended by 25,000 on Sunday, September 18, to hear Judge Rutherford deliver his important lecture “Safety,” which at the same time was broadcast by 135 radio stations. At this convention the historic decision was announced, that the Society was voluntarily withdrawing from all commercial radio broadcasting contracts after October 31, 1937. Instead, all of Jehovah’s witnesses would concentrate their time and funds on the more effective house-to-house work, using the portable phonograph with a wide range of more than ninety Bible lectures that would enable millions to hear and learn Bible truth. The phonograph work took on new force, as is demonstrated by the report for 1938 showing that there were 430,000 discs with lectures in sixteen languages in use on 19,600 sound machines. In 1937 there were reported 10,368,569 listeners, and for 1938, 13,070,426. Truly a literal mighty shout was being raised among all earth’s inhabitants!
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