Tennessee vs. John Scopes "Monkey Trial": outdoor trial showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, Dayton, Tennessee
Close
Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintJudge 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.
See also number 7091Davis17
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0123
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Dayton (Tenn.)
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU007091 [SIA2007-0123]