written on back: "Mr. W.O. Palmer, used to be assisting R & H, Battle Creek Michigan." From Review and Herald July 24, 1930 "His parents accepted the advent message under the teaching of Joseph Bates, and while he was still quite young they moved to Battle Creek, Mich. Brother Palmer early connected with the publishing and sanitarium work. Later he was associated with J. E. White in pioneering the colored work in the South and in establishing the Southern Publishing Association, he being its first manager."