billysunday

20 photos tagged billysunday, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1887

2011

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Al said:
William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s who later became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday
Al said:
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Art Siegel said:
The story of the Sundays' ranch near Odell, Oregon:
"Colorful evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and his wife Helen—usually called "Ma" or "Nell"—owned a farm in Oregon's Hood River Valley from 1909 to 1937. As the most popular American evangelist of the early 1900s, Sunday aimed his revivals at common folk, but he gained satisfaction and financial rewards from mingling with business and social elites.

After a difficult childhood in rural Iowa, Sunday played major league baseball before crusading against sinners, radicals, foreigners, booze, and evolution in a style notable for its athleticism and colloquialisms...[etc.]
www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/sunday_billy_1862_1...
Another view of the house with the Sundays in front:
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Andrey Timofeev said:
Stunning contrast. Wonderful shot.

Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday
B-59 said:
Other photos of him s. e.g. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5084032924/ S. also extensive article about him in The sun., January 21, 1917, Section 5 Special Feature Supplement, Page 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-01-21/ed-...