William Jennings Bryan in the courtroom at the Scopes trial, Dayton, Tennessee
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Creator: Silverman, William
Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1925
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21073
Political and religious leader William Jennings Bryan (the balding man visible at center of group in back) participated enthusiastically in prosecuting John Thomas Scopes for teaching evolution. Like Clarence Darrow and many participants and spectators, Bryan had shed his coat because of the oppressive heat. Judge John T. Raulston had allowed press photographers and radio personnel to set up their equipment inside the courtroom.
See also number SPI_6046
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21073
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Evolution
Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 10-042 [2009-21073]
Cellulose nitrate film; 120mm