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July 20, 2005

Scopes Trial Photos Discovered

Marcel C. LaFollette, an independent scholar, historian and Smithsonian volunteer uncovered rare, unpublished photographs of the 1925 Tennessee vs. John Scopes “Monkey Trial” in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The nitrate negatives, including portraits of trial participants, and images from the trial itself and significant places in Dayton, were discovered in archival material donated to the Smithsonian by Science Service in 1971. The online finding aid to records of the Science Service, 1902-1965 (SIA Record Unit 7091) list additional materials in the collection.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at July 20, 2005 08:38 AM