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Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist in 1886. He preached to Wheeling crowds in 1912 inside a specially built, 1,500 foot long structure, three times a day for six weeks. 20,000 attended the first day and thousands more followed in the coming weeks.

1. Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist

IDNO:
032449
Title:
Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist
Date:
1912
Description:
Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist in 1886. He preached to Wheeling crowds in 1912 inside a specially built, 1,500 foot long structure, three times a day for six weeks. 20,000 attended the first day and thousands more followed in the coming weeks.
Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist. In 1912, he preached in Wheeling for six weeks, three times a day. Thousands of people attended, packing a huge 1500 foot long tabernacle, specially built for the Revival in four days by Wheelingites.

2. William A. 'Billy' Sunday

IDNO:
032592
Title:
William A. 'Billy' Sunday
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist. In 1912, he preached in Wheeling for six weeks, three times a day. Thousands of people attended, packing a huge 1500 foot long tabernacle, specially built for the Revival in four days by Wheelingites.