John Thomas Scopes – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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John Thomas Scopes
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John Thomas Scopes, the Tennessee high school teacher whose 1925 trial over the teaching of evolution drew national attention, is the subject of this June 1925 portrait. The Scopes Trial, held in Dayton, Tennessee, pitted the state's ban on teaching human evolution against the American Civil Liberties Union, which had offered to defend any teacher willing to challenge the law. Scopes was convicted and fined, though the verdict was later overturned on a technicality, and the case became a lasting symbol of the clash between science and religious belief in American public life.
| Created / published | 1925 June 16. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No. 32,668F. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 925 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157860 |
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