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Title	Frank, Leo (Lynching)
Photographer	Jillson, Floyd, 1926-2011
Description	View of the aftermath of the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan in Marietta, Georgia.
Geographic Location	Marietta (Ga.)
Subject	Lynching--Georgia--Marietta
Personal Name	Frank, Leo, 1884-1915
Date Original	1915 August
Date Digital	2004
Type	5 x 7 in. silver gelatin copy print
Format	Still picture
Digital Format	JPEG
Catalogue Number	VIS 71.113.01
Collection	Floyd Jillson Photographs
Publisher	Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required
Notes	Leo Frank was a manager at a pencil factory in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank was convicted on questionable evidence of the rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Shortly after his death sentence was commuted to life in prison, Frank, who was Jewish, was kidnapped and lynched by a group of men.
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Frank, Leo (Lynching)

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