Frank Jones Album (Selected Photos) - Covered bridge near Clarksville, Greene County, Pennsylvania - Scene of William Franklin Horn's staged discovery of the French lead plates

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Frank Jones Album (Selected Photos) - Covered bridge near Clarksville, Greene County, Pennsylvania - Scene of William Franklin Horn's staged discovery of the "French lead plates"

Entry/Object ID

2020.8.33

Description

This image is the same as item no. GILB-AN001-0001-0104, but this version does not have a caption. The caption on no. GILB-AN001-0001-0104 reads, "Old covered bridge above Clarksville Greene Co. Near this bridge the French lead plates were found 1936." The "French lead plates" refer to the fabricated artifacts that were planted for discovery by William Franklin Horn [1870-1956]. Horn was the man behind the notorious Horn Papers hoax that plagued the Greene County Historical Society, which published the forged documents in 1945. Original, candid.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Horn, William Franklin [1870-1956]

Subject Place

City

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Morgan Township / Clarksville

Collection

Zenia Gilbert Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1936

Lexicon

Search Terms

Covered bridges, Jefferson (Greene County, Pa. : Township)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GILB-AN001-0001-0154

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Frank Blair Jones Album - Zenia Gilbert Collection

Owner/Agent

Gilbert, Zenia Jane

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2015

Notes

The Frank Jones Album Series of the Zenia Gilbert Collection was assembled by Frank Blair Jones [1879-1951] - husband of Lydia White, son of Ephraim McClelland Jones and Julia Ann Henderson. Frank was a U.S. Navy veteran and bandmaster. He was very interested in early local history and served as curator at the Greene County Historical Society. The album was passed from Frank Blair Jones [1879-1951] to his son Frank E. Jones [1919-1993]. Frank's niece, Valerie (daughter of William Ephraim Rodman Jones, granddaughter of Frank Blair Jones) received the album after her uncle's passing. Valerie arranged for the album to be maintained locally in the custody of Violet Elizabeth (Stockdale) Gilbert [1918-2006]. Violet's mother was Rachel Jane (Jones) Stockdale, sister to Frank Blair Jones. Violet passed the album to her daughter Zenia Gilbert who shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2015. Source Citation: Frank Jones Album - Covered bridge near Clarksville, Greene County, Pennsylvania - scene of William Franklin Horn's staged discovery of the "French lead plates," item no. GILB-AN001-0001-0154, Frank Jones Album Series, Zenia Gilbert Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).