Unidentified man, Dayton, Tennessee
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintID: SIA Acc. 10-042 [2009-21075]
Creator: Silverman, William
Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1925
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21075
Taken on the Rhea County Courthouse lawn, this photo captures the informal atmosphere surrounding the Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial. In the background at left are visible children playing and a couple sitting on the grass. The event attracted a wide array of journalists, evangelists, politicians, peddlers, and tourists. Could this be the Georgia preacher described by TIME magazine (July 20, 1925) as wearing an "outlandish costume" of "alpaca coat, shabby policeman's trousers and an opera hat" -- or is it some other visitor?
Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc
See also number SPI_6048
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-042, Image No. 2009-21075
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 [2009-21075]
Cellulose nitrate film; 120mm