College student William Silverman (at right), standing with his former high school teacher, Creed F. Bates Jr., on the lawn of the Rhea County Courthouse, Dayton, Tennessee
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintID: SIA Acc. 10-042 [2009-21081]
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1925
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21081
Nineteen-year-old William Silverman had grown up in nearby Chattanooga and was studying business administration at the Georgia Institute of Technology when he attended the Scopes trial. The newsboy at right holds a tabloid sheet with a dinosaur illustration.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21081
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 10-042 [2009-21081]
Cellulose nitrate film; 120mm