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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.

Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist

Identifier:
032449
Collection Number:
A&M 1991
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.
Subjects:
Portraits--S.
Personal Names:
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935.
Acquisition Method:
Acquired
Medium:
print
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView