William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925.

Last November, a new donation of Scopes Trial Photos was made to the Smithsonian Archives and the Archives has posted them to a Flickr set about the trial.  Like the original set that was discovered in 2005, these new images are great visual historical resource for one of the key events in twentieth-century US history.

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

George Washington Rappleyea

Fred E. Robinson (at right) owned the drugstore where local business leaders persuaded schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes to consent to be charged with violating state law by teaching about evolution. The sign on the tabletop says: “AT THIS TABLE THE SCOPES EVOLUTION CASE WAS STARTED MAY 5, 1925.”

Check out all of the wonderful images out on Flickr!

While she is best known for the Migrant Mother, many of her other works are visually more interesting and tell much better stories …

Oregon, August 1939. "Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note Social Security number tattooed on his arm." (And now a bit of Shorpy scholarship/detective work. A public records search shows that 535-07-5248 belonged to one Thomas Cave, born July 1912, died in 1980 in Portland. Which would make him 27 years old when this picture was taken.)

Or, something closer to home (aka, North Carolina) …

Fourth of July 1939 near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. Cedargrove Team members about to play in a baseball game.

For me, both of these images speak volumes. The top image is of two people that, in today’s world, could make a good living with their looks but who are having to live meal-to-meal. The bottom image shows the type of community that is rare to find today, plus I love the vintage baseball uniforms.

What is this box being stuck in my face?

Out on a walk ... hopefully my next home will have its' own yard!

Watch me go !!!

Look at me fly ...

GGGGOOOOOAAAAALLLLL !!!!

Come on slow pokes ...

For more images of one of Phoenix’s last trips to Port Meadow, click here.

Heading off to my Viva ...

Yesterday was one of the last steps on my journey to earn my doctorate!  I had my viva and it went well.  I have two weeks to make my minor corrections and return the finalized document.  So, I am that much closer to be done!

Before the Viva …

After the Viva …

Okay, I have finally got around to posting our trip photos … to see the gallery, click here.

In the next few days, I will be posting more information about what we did and where we went.

On the weekend before my birthday, we grilled out for the first time this year … made some lovely kebabs on a little disposable grill.

Also took some photos of our little flowers … they brighten up our patio nicely!

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Last Monday was the May Bank Holiday and so we took a lovely walk to the Meadow.  Phoenix got to play with his new toy … a 1p frisbee from M&S’s anniversary sale.  He liked it, especially when we were playing keep-away from him!  More pictures …

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Since the weather has gotten better, we have been able to take Phoenix on several nice long walks on the weekend and in the evening.

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Over the Easter weekend, we did a little gardening around our patio!  It was in preparation for a summer of sunshine and to brighten up the patio (which had become very dreary-looking over the winter).  It is full of flowers and herbs – not trying to grow any veg this year, but the blueberry plants are still going strong!

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Okay, this is a strange site, images of scanned sandwiches …

Can you guess what it is?  For the answer, click the image … for all of them, go to Scanwiches.