Tennessee vs. John Scopes "Monkey Trial": outdoor trial showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, Dayton, Tennessee

Summary

Judge John T. Raulston moved the trial proceedings outdoors to a temporary platform erected near the Rhea County Courthouse due to the stifling heat in the courtroom. When defense attorney Clarence Darrow (standing at right) began his interrogation of the chief prosecution lawyer, William Jennings Bryan (seated to the left), the crowd of observers fell silent. Defense lawyers for John Thomas Scopes, John R. Neal, Arthur Garfield Hays, and Dudley Field Malone, can be seen sitting to the right. Behind the court reporters at the table, with his back to the camera, in the left front, is the defendant, John Thomas Scopes.

Subject

• Bryan, William Jennings 1860-1925
• Darrow, Clarence 1857-1938
• Hays, Arthur Garfield 1881-1954
• Malone, Dudley Field 1880-
• Neal, John Randolph 1876-1959
• Raulston, John T
• Scopes, John Thomas
• Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc

Notes

See also number 7091Davis17

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0123

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1925
• July 20, 1925

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Creationism
• Evolution

Place

Dayton (Tenn.)

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007091 [SIA2007-0123]

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