Center for Adventist Research | Photograph Database | Collections | William Ward Simpson Collection | b17494084_k0001
Image Information:
| Title: | William Ward Simpson posing with papier mache beasts |
| Description: | Typed on the back: "Evangelist William Ward Simpson stands with his collection of papier mache beasts in this 1906 photograph. The Oakland Herald wrote of him on October 22, 1906, "Preaching the Gospel with a menagerie is a remarkable experiment being tried in Oakland by William Ward Simpson, the convicted infidel, who has pitched a huge tent on the vacant lot on Broadway, and is nightly lecturing on prophecy to huge crowds." (Cited in the Recorder, November 1, 1906, p. 3, and quoted by Ramsey in "A Study of William Ward Simpson's Evanglistic Personality," p. 16.)" |
| Created: | 1906 |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | USA |
| Physical Desc: | 1 photocopy : black and white; 12 x 17 cm |
| Physical Reference: | P 003947 |
- Seventh-day Adventist Evangelism |
- Simpson, William Ward 1872-1907 |
- William Ward Simpson Collection
Citation: 1906. William Ward Simpson posing with papier mache beasts. Database on-line. Center for Adventist Research Image Database. http://centerforadventistresearch.org/photos (accessed May 18, 2024).