Bach #1
In the very early days of the 2x2 movement, a wooden hall was used. It was called a "Bach" and was a portable building used by workers to live in and/or hold meetings during a mission. (#1)
Bach Tent #2
Another 'bach'. This one seems to include a tent
Bach Tent #3
Another 'bach'. This time it is a tent where workers lived temporarily while holding a mission. (#3)
Baptism Sketch #1
Sketch of "How 'Dippers' are Initiated." From newspaper: The Irish Independent, August 20, 1907
Baptism Sketch #2
Baptism Sketch from Impartial Reporter Oct. 20 & 27, 1904. "Rain was falling ... as some three hundred people assembled on the banks of Ballycassidy river to witness the baptism by immersion of ... four men and two women-who had embraced the faith expounded by the Tramps under the leadership of Mr. Irvine and Mr. Edward Cooney." Those present at Ballinamallard that day included Edward Cooney, John West, Jack Carroll and William Irvine who all preached to the assembly in the bitterly cold weather of the "dreary autumn afternoon".
Baptism Sketch #3
1904 "The Derry People" The first picture published in connection with the performance of the strange sect of "Dippers" or "Pilgrims" that has arisen in Fermanagh. The river in the picture is the Ballinamallard, is which the curious dippers perform their ablations. The snapshot from which the picture is drawn, was taken late in the evening, and just before the 'dipping operations' commenced. The people on the bank are sightseers waiting for the "dippers" to come on. October breezes are not favorable to the new cult, and many of the "Dippers" are now suffering from severe colds.
Baptism Sketch #4
Thomas Elliott prepares a convert for baptism. Baptism Sketch from Impartial Reporter Oct. 20 & 27, 1904 (#4)
Bell at Jackson MS Convention
1972 Bell used at Jackson, MS Convention
Convention Dining area
View inside a typical convention dining shed/tent. Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
tent-dining Blackwater MO
Christie,Dave tent Hawaii
Christie, David (Dave) & Emma "Emily" F. (nee Wilson) Dave was born May 31, 1884, in Rathmolyon, Ireland; died Sept 30, 1969, in Multnomah Co., Oregon. Emily was born May 8, 1883, in Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland; died Feb. 10, 1975, in Multnomah Co., Oregon. Dave entered work in 1905 per 1905 Workers List; He labored in Scotland, N. Ireland, Hawaii, California, Maryland, Michigan They are on 1926-27 List in Hawaii; on 1946-1947 Workers List in Hawaii Married Nov. 27, 1923 in Port Angeles, Clallam Co. Washington. Two children: Betty and Dave. Both were workers who married without permission. Dave was a cousin of Jack Carroll, who made an announcement and statement concerning workers marrying at the 1923 Milltown Convention. They pioneered the work in Hawaii.
Convention Mtg Tent #4
Convention Home and Tent at Perry, Oklahoma, 1942. (#4)
Gospel Meeting Hall-portable
This portable wooden hall was used for gospel meetings in the mid 1940's in the Los Angeles area, prior to it being moved to Ontario, CA in 1952-53 for gospel meetings for the West End of San Bernardino County. The hall could hold up to 50 people. For a year, it remained on John VanDermyden's parents property at 12652 S. Sultana, Ontario, California. Pictured are: Eldon Tenniswood, John Porterfield and Donald VanDermyden (boy).
Gospel Meeting Tent #4
Gospel Meeting Tent #4 Roy Womack Tent Mission in Franklin, North Carolina
Convention Mtg Tent #1
2002 Convention meeting tent with sides up at Glencoe Convention New South Wales, Australia
Convention Mtg Tent #2
Convention Tent at Down, Ireland
Convention Mtg Tent #3
Convention tent at Fermanagh Co. N. Ireland (#3)
Tent Mission 1
Tent Mission 2a
Tent Mission 3
Convention Mtg Tent Typical #5
Typical Convention Tent with side flaps down. Carsonville, MIchigan Dining Tent
Tent Ohio Convention
MD 1955 Baltimore Convention
1955 Maryland USA Convention
CO 1975 Elizabeth
1975 Elizabeth, Colorado USA Convention
Gospel Meeting Tent #1
In the early years, Gospel Meetings were often held in a Tent (#1)
Gospel Meeting Tent #2
Gospel meeting tent. Howard Mooney on right. (#2)
Carroll, Baeber, etc. Gospel Meeting Tent #3
Gosp Meeting Tent #6 Smith Joe
Gosp Meeting tent #2 Wells
WA 1931 Bellingham Convention
1931 Bellingham, WA Gospel Meeting tent
CA 1921 Bakersfield Convention
1921 Bakersfield, California Convention
Convention-Truckload of ticks
Carsonville, Michigan. Truck load of ticks (straw filled sleeping mattresses). Each convention the ticks were filled with fresh hay and placed in the dorms for beds. After the convention ended, the hay was emptied out and the tics were stored to be used the following year.
Convention Tent-Mending
Alice Begbie and Bert Helm mending tents in Australia
Convention-Traveling to
Australia --Traveling to convention - note the side baggage hanging out the automobile sides.
Group 1945
Kropp children-Playing Meeting
Playing meeting...this was all my sons idea. He was about 3 in this photo and his sister was about 1 yr old. I came upon this scene and just had to take a photo. My son had set up the meeting in our den. He had lined up the 3 little blue chairs in a row, like the one he is sitting in, along with Ollie (the chicken on wheels) had his sister sitting in her booster chair, a stool, and the blue rocking chair made by my Daddy. Various books are in sight and my son had assumed a pose his Dad often took in meeting, with his leg crossed over his knee. There was some singing and then he jumped up and said something with a book in his hand--and the only word I recognized was "privilege." Taken about 1980 in Longview, Texas.
2x2 Memorabilia A
Collection of 2x2 Memorabilia A
2x2 Memorabilia D
Nearly 100 year old sign from Mrs. Emma Montgomery's homeplace, Plantersville, Mississippi Mother of Joe, Helen, Exie Clifford Montgomery and Frances Oliver
2x2 Memorabilia B
Collection of 2x2 Memorabilia B
2x2 Memorabilia C
Collection of 2x2 Memorabilia C