Written on the back: "For many years the headequarters of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, Battle Creek saw the upbuilding of this large printing and publishing plant. Originally housed in one small building, it had been greatly enlarged at the time this picture was made."
Compasing room of Review & Herald - Religious Weekly, Review & Herald Publishing Company, Battle Creek, Michigan. x on picture is Johannes (John) Kalvoord(?), Sr, and Undated photograph may be circa 1890s.
Written on the back: "Tabernacle Fire: 1922 -- The big Seventh Day Adventist Tabernacle was destroyed by fire with a loss of 5,000. It was insured for 0,000. Fire Chief W P Weeks suffered a fractured hip. The building dedicated on April 20, 1879, was designed to seat 3,600." and Undated photograph may be circa 1890s.
Left to Right: Marian Booth, Annie Smith, Myrta Castle, Jessie Castle, L D A Stuttle, Angie Newton, Stella Pierce, Mina Hildreth, Addie Cooper and Undated photograph may be circa 1880s.