May 15. On this date 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote that "In connection with the selection of particular photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá for circulation among the friends... no definite ruling should be laid down establishing the superiority or distinction of any particular photograph."

May 15. On this date 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote that "In connection with the selection of particular photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá for circulation among the friends... no definite ruling should be laid down establishing the superiority or distinction of any particular photograph."

1623. Photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá
"In connection with the selection of particular photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá for circulation among the friends, the Guardian strongly feels that no definite ruling should be laid down establishing the superiority or distinction of any particular photograph. The friends should be left quite free to use their individual independent judgement in this matter."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, May 15, 1940: Bahá'í News, No. 138, September 1940, p. 1)