Stan and July's Theocratic Vacation

This is a picture of the Factory Buildings on 117 Adams St in Brooklyn. It was taken from the observation deck of the Sands building right next to the Factory. Looks like one of the buildings has a nice set up for the Bethelites with tables and small trees and walkways. The blue building at the top of the photo also belongs to the Society. It’s a recreation center for the Bethelites. The part with the clear roof is a tennis court.

This was shot through a window from 25 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn. You can see the 25 Building in the foreground, the Factory in the middle background, and the Sands building to the right of that.

Videotape duplicating equipment at the Furman Building in Brooklyn. When this picture was shot they were duplicating an ASL video (American Sign Language) that you can see in the photo. From the amount of videotape machines it looks like they can duplicate 60 tapes at a time.

The globe at 25 Columbia Heights. The globe was made by Rand McNally for a bank for the World's Fair in NYC. After the fair was over, it was put away in Rand McNally's storage, and the Society got the globe for the fraction of the cost of a new one. They got paint and charts from Rand McNally. The old globe had rhinestones showing where the bank's branches were. The Society redid it, and there are no boundaries, showing the unity of Jehovah's people.

Brothers working the deluxe Bible quality control line at the factory in Brooklyn.

Quality control of book covers. This brother was working with the Bible Stories book. You'll remember from the "Organization" video a brother who was doing the same thing. They really are as fast as in the video.

Putting the cover title on the Bible Stories book. This machine puts the red lettering on the cover of the book by heating this red inked plastic sheet and pressing it on the front cover material.

The Furman Street Building taken from the Brooklyn Heights promenade.

Sign on top of 25 Columbia Heights, the office complex.

Washing machines at the Furman building. This is the largest machine that Bethel has, "Big Bertha". It holds 450 pounds of laundry. The machine tips over so the brother can unload the machine easier.

A shot of the Factory.

The lower Manhattan skyline from the top of the Sands building. The Office Complex at 25 Columbia Heights is in the middle.

Another shot from the Sands building. You can see three of the Society's residence buildings in this photo.

The Society's recreation complex in Brooklyn. It contains among other things, tennis courts, squash courts, guys and girls gyms, etc.

Deluxe Bibles ready to be shipped from the Factory.

Ink mills in the Factory.

Front desk at the Factory.

The "Big Room". This is where the Writing Committee meets every Monday to review the upcoming issues of the Watchtower and Awake! Along the wall you can't see in the photo there were magazine covers for the next six issues or so.

One of the residence buildings in Brooklyn.

The Towers residence building in Brooklyn.

Garden area in one of the residence buildings in Brooklyn.

Bethelite parking at the Furman Building in Brooklyn.

Carpentry department at the Furman Building in Brooklyn.

Laundry department at the Furman Building in Brooklyn.

Cassette duplicating department at the Furman Building in Brooklyn.

Literature shipping department at the Furman Building in Brooklyn.

One of the press control panels in the Factory.

Front entrance of 25 Columbia Heights, the Office Complex

One of the old Photo-Drama of Creation portable projectors as seen in the archival display at the Office Complex.

Transcription machine used in sound cars as seen in the archival display at the Office Complex.

Lobby of the Office Complex

The Bossert Hotel, one of the residence buildings.

The Bossert Hotel

Sisters in the laundry in the Furman Building

A neat little door-to-door knick-knack at the reception desk at the Factory Complex

A look down Columbia Heights. Every building in this picture is owned by the Society.

The furniture upholstery department in the Furman Building.

The main entrance of the Furman Building.

The Factory Complex and the Sands Building.

The Factory Complex sign.

The deluxe Bible bindery in the Factory Complex.

Making sure the pocket Bibles are ready to go in the deluxe Bible bindery in the Factory Complex.

Checking out the quality of latest Watchtower bound volume in the Factory Complex.

One of the small job presses in the Factory Complex.

Part of the archive display at the Office Complex.

One of the upstairs floors at the Office Complex.

The library at the Office Complex. We're looking at a very small portion of it here. Incidentally, all the books you see in this photo are, among other things, Watchtower bound volumes going back to the very first one.