Billy Sunday, [10/22/22] – Vintage Wall Art
![Billy Sunday, [10/22/22], [1922 October 22] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7cb639cbd922-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Billy Sunday, [10/22/22]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Billy Sunday, [10/22/22]
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Billy Sunday, the former Major League outfielder who became one of the country's best-known evangelists, is the subject of this small glass negative. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented public figures and events in the early twentieth century, made the exposure. The October 22, 1922 date comes from a related negative, not from the plate itself. Sunday's revival campaigns drew large crowds in the years after the First World War, so the portrait captures him at the height of his public reach. Streaks and blemishes across the glass reflect natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [1922 October 22] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,396 × 6,069 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-252807 |
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