Sunday, November 6, 2011

Billy Graham through the years

A young Billy Graham. 
A young Billy Graham preaches at a Youth For Christ meeting. 
Billy Graham sits in the doorway of his 10 room log and timber home that sits atop a North Carolina mountain. Graham and his wife Ruth spent about a third of their time there during the late 1960s. 
Campaign workers surround by stacks of mailing material get ready for Billy Graham's evangelistic invasion of New York at crusade headquarters in midtown Manhattan on May 12, 1957. 
Rev Billy Graham and his wife Ruth in a 1955 portrait. 
Evangelist Billy Graham said goodbye to his wife and five children at Montreat on January 17, 1958. He left on a crusade tour which will take him to eight Latin American countries. The children (from L) Nelson, four days old, Franklin, 5, Ruth, 7, Virginia, 12, and Anne, 9. 
Evangelist Billy Graham greets his wife with a kiss aboard liner Queen Elizabeth after her arrival with their children in New York on October 4, 1960. Graham holds Ned, 2. Other children, from left, are; Anne, 12; Gigi, 15; Franklin, 8; and Bunny, 9. 
Life begins at 40 for Billy Graham. On the eve of his 40th birthday, members of the evangelist staff surprised him and his wife by unveiling a birthday cake on November 7, 1958. he did the honors by blowing out all the candles in one puff. His wish? To spend another vacation in Florida just like the one he and Mrs. Graham have just returned from.
Billy Graham greets friends after 1968 appreciation program on September 19, 1960. 
Rev. Billy Graham relaxing on the porch of his home October 1966. 
Dr. Billy Graham brought his message to a standing room only hometown audience at the Charlotte Coliseum on April 5, 1972. 
Dr. Billy Graham outside Sandringham Parish Church, Norfolk, England on January 15, 1984 where he was invited to preach by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. From L, The Queen, Billy Graham, Graham's wife Ruth Graham, The Duke of Edinburgh, HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and Rector of Sandringham the Rev. Gerry Murphy.
Evangelist Billy Graham, wearing an Arab headdress rides a camel during a visit to Egypt's pyramids and Sphinx during his 1960 tour of Africa. 
Villagers join Billy Graham in prayer during his visit to the cyclone ravaged state of Andrha, India. Thousands were killed and thousands more were homeless from the cyclone and tidal wave that struck Nov 19 1977. 
Evangelist Billy Graham, center talking to James Weston, left, a former member of the Black Panthers, who has established a ministry in California to reach young black militants. Dr. Walter Smyth, a Graham associate is at the right in this September 18, 1970 photo. 
Evangelist Billy Graham clutches his Bible and country star Johnny Cash (L) closes his eyes during a prayer on closing night of Graham's eight-day South Carolina crusade on May 7, 1987 that drew record crowds. Graham is one of several world renound religious leaders, making major addresses for the University of South Carolina's ecumenical year. 
Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon wave to a crowd of 12,500 at ceremonies honoring Graham in Charlotte on October 16, 1971.
Billy Graham takes a moment to think about a question asked during a short talk to the crowd and media outside the Garden City Baptist Church in Garden City S.C. on November 16, 1989. This was a stop during a day-long helicopter tour of the Hurricane Hugo damage along the South Carolina coast. 
Revs. Billy Graham and Jesse Jackson participate in a prayer service in Homestead Fl. Saturday September 5, 1992 dedicated to rebuilding from the ravages of Hurricane Andrew.
Billy Graham presents Pope John Paul II with a handmade quilt from the North Carolina mountains near his home on May, 1997.
Rev. Billy Graham portrait taken in January, 1989.
Billy Graham shakes hands with Jimmy Carter as George H.W. Bush looks on at The Billy Graham Library Thursday May 31, 2007. 
Billy Graham, former Presdient Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton bow their heads in prayer at the dedication of The Billy Graham Library Thursday May 31, 2007.

Billy Graham relaxes on the porch of his North Carolina home in this undated file photo.

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