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TITLE: Evolution in Tennessee

CALL NUMBER: CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 526 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-128374 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: May be restricted: Information on reproduction rights available in LC P&P Restrictions Statement.

SUMMARY: A then & now cartoon. The first panel, labeled "Five Months Ago," shows a scruffy mountain man labeled "Dayton" asleep against the trunk of a mighty oak. The second panel, labeled "Today," shows the same man as a giant, all spruced up in a new suit and hat, speaking into an enormous microphone, saying "This is the life!" He is surrounded by photographers and reporters. The mighty oak has been reduced to a tiny tree. In July 1925, John T. Scopes was tried for violating a Tennessee state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the public schools. He was defended by the famous criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow and prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan. The small town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the center of a media circus as it was overrun by reporters, religious fundamentalists, and curious tourists. Scopes lost the case and was fined $100, but his conviction was later overturned on a technicality.

MEDIUM: 1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1925.

CREATOR:

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.

NOTES:

Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

Title from item.

(DLC/PP-1945:R1.149)

mm / 860122; ljr / 031212.

SUBJECTS:

Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.
Judicial proceedings--Tennessee--Dayton--1920-1930.
Then & now comparisons--1920-1930.
Evolution--1920-1930.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons American.
Drawings.

PART OF: Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll film copy) acd 2a06226 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/acd.2a06226
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c28374 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c28374

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