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TITLE: My first real bath : gee! ain't it great!

CALL NUMBER: CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 527 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: _ _ _ _ _

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

SUMMARY: Cartoon shows the head of William Jennings Bryan as the sun, shining down on a country bumpkin (labeled "Dayton") taking a bath in a pond labeled "Publicity." The bumpkin smiles happily, noting it is his first bath. In 1925, after Tennessee passed the first law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the schools, prominent citizens in the small defunct mining town of Dayton, Tenn., saw an opportunity to bring publicity and tourism to the town. They decided, with young high school teacher John Scopes' agreement, to prosecute him for teaching evolution. The resulting trial exceeded their wildest dreams, attracting three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and famous lawyer Clarence Darrow as opposing lawyers and resulting in a media circus, overrun by reporters, religious fundamentalists and curious tourists.

MEDIUM: 1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1925.

CREATOR:

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.

NOTES:

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

(DLC/PP-1945:R1.150)

mm / 860122; ljr / 040210.

SUBJECTS:

Bryan, William Jennings,--1860-1925.
Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.
Judicial proceedings--Tennessee--Dayton--1920-1930.
Evolution--1920-1930.
Bathing--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 2a06227 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/acd.2a06227

CONTROL #: acd1996000844/PP

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