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Help the Smithsonian: Who Was in Town for the Scopes Trial?

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in News
Clarence S. Darrow (center) standing near Rhea County Courthouse with unidentified man (left) and Arthur Garfield Hays (right), Dayton, Tennessee, probably July 20, 1925.

Clarence S. Darrow (center) standing near Rhea County Courthouse with unidentified man (left) and Arthur Garfield Hays (right), Dayton, Tennessee, probably July 20, 1925.

The Smithsonian Institution has uploaded 10 more photos to its Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes Trial set, and is looking for some help identifying some of the people shown. Are they locals from Dayton, Tennessee? Visitors there for the trial?

The Smithsonian adds,

The donor, Henrietta Silverman, gave us the photos that her father, William Silverman, took on a trip with his high school science teacher. It’s kind of a nice story. She wanted them to be part of an archive that values making their collections accessible to the public. Go Commons!

Thank you, Henrietta Silverman!

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One Response to “Help the Smithsonian: Who Was in Town for the Scopes Trial?”

  1. Effie Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    And thank you Stephanie! The research fellow, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette, who wrote about the original trial photographs by Watson Davis is going to follow up with a blog post about the new photos next week.

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