Image Gallery

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An office boy who started working for Leo Frank on April 1, 1913, just weeks before the murder occurred.

Census forms and other documents pertaining to the Frank family, relatives and others.

Founded in 1913 in response to the perceived bias against Frank in his case due to his faith, the ADL is to this day one of the premier organizations fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry.

Historical images of the city of Atlanta, Georgia including the Civil War era and the time of the Phagan murder.

Political cartoons from the era that take both sides on the case.

Scans of legal documents pertaining to Leo Frank's appeals for clemency and pardons to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor John M. Slaton.

Markers, plaques, and memorials for Leo Frank and Mary Phagan, both victims in their own right.

Images from when Leo Frank studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Scans of two reels of microfilm with case files relating to Leo Frank's appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.

Images of grave stones of Leo Frank and his family, Mary Phagan, and others.

Solicitor in the Frank case, Dorsey was responsible for prosecuting Frank.

Black sweeper for the National Pencil Company; convicted of being an accomplice to Frank and sentenced to one year in prison.

Governor of Georgia during the Frank case. He commuted Frank's sentence from hanging to life imprisonment, sparking a political backlash against Slaton and leading him to be featured in JFK's Profiles in Courage.

The presiding judge over the Frank case.

KKK

Although it was founded during Reconstruction in the 1860s, the Klan reached its peak following the Frank case and the film Birth of a Nation and amassed six million members in the 1920s.

Miscellaneous legal documents relating to Leo Frank's trial.

Factory foreman who was present in the factory for a brief time at approximately the same time the murder is believed to have occurred in the same building.

The man who this site is dedicated to, the man who lost his life after a two-year legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and who inspired the formation of the ADL as well as the rebirth of the KKK.

The author of a book simply entitled "The Leo Frank Case" written as part of a Ph.D. dissertation.

Written communications between individuals in the Frank case that are of interest to those studying the case.

Wife of Leo Frank.

Defense attorney for Leo Frank.

Images of the hanging of Leo Frank from different angles and color schemes.

The 13-year-old girl killed in the National Pencil Company factory, of whom Leo Frank was convicted of killing.

Historic and contemporary depictions of the Frank case in the media.

Individuals in the Frank case that were not a major part of the Frank case or otherwise didn't warrant having their own folder in this gallery, but are notable nonetheless.

Images relating to the Frank case that don't quite match with any other folder.

A girl who worked at the factory like Mary Phagan. She went to collect her pay at 12:05 PM on April 26, 1913, the same time Frank claimed Phagan was there.

The factory where Leo Frank and Mary Phagan were employed.

Scans from various Atlanta newspapers, mainly of faces of notable characters in the trial.

The night watchman for the National Pencil Co. factory and the man who first found Mary Phagan's body in the basement.

After the Frank trial concluded, the Pinkerton agency filed a successful civil lawsuit for unpaid detective work.

Buildings and other locations of interest in the Frank case.

The college where Frank went before attending Cornell.

A visual recreation for the defense in the trial.

A second attorney for Frank who cooperated with Luther Rosser in his defense.

Leo Frank's parents.

Documents issued by Georgia Governor John M. Slaton commuting Leo Frank's sentence from death by hanging to life imprisonment.

The ships on which Leo Frank visited Germany.

The author of And the Dead Shall Rise, one of the foremost books on the Frank case.

A weekly newspaper that was based out of Thomson, Georgia.

A controversial author who wrote Watson's Newspaper and expressed anti-Semitic views during the Frank case.

Images of the trial of Leo Frank, including the courtroom and jury.

Tom Watson's monthly magazine, published in New York.

Hailed as "the world's greatest detective," Burns was hired by wealthy Chicago businessman Albert Lasker to investigate the case.

The attorney representing Jim Conley who after Conley's death admitted he believed Leo Frank was innocent in the murder of Mary Phagan.

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