Post by Michael on Aug 10, 2007 9:10:08 GMT -5
Recently, I ran into Harry Haenigsen's step-daughter, Jennifer Finch-Karol, and had a nice little discussion concerning his experiences at the trial with her...
Here is a little backround on him:
And here is an Archival Collection Link to his material located at the University of Oregon:
Through this discussion I learned that Mr. Haenigsen was shocked by the sale of the minature kidnap ladders on the street by vendors. I also learned it was his opinion that Hauptmann was guilty but "covering" for others involved with him.
It should be no surprise that Ms. Finch is an artist. Here is the link to her website:
Here is a little backround on him:
Harry Haenigsen was a cartoonist and illustrator for more than 60 years. At the height of his career his cartoons and illustrations appeared in 600 newspapers and magazines worldwide. He began as an illustrator and columnist for the New Evening World in 1919, and thereafter his work was seen in Photoplay, Motion Picture, the New York World, and was distributed by the King Feature Syndicate. He covered the Lindbergh kidnapping trial for the New York Herald Tribune. Haenigson created such popular comic strips as Simeon Batts, Penny, Our Bill. Among these, Penny, which was created in 1943 and published internationally, was most popular. Focusing on the life lessons of a thirteen year old girl, it spawned a play and a television production, for which Haenigsen wrote the script. He also authored two Penny books and one based on the Our Bill strip.- Photograph of The Haenigsens, Bucks County Playhouse, 1941, Sunday Call-Chronicle, 1941, courtesy of the Spruance Collection of the Bucks County Historical Society
And here is an Archival Collection Link to his material located at the University of Oregon:
Through this discussion I learned that Mr. Haenigsen was shocked by the sale of the minature kidnap ladders on the street by vendors. I also learned it was his opinion that Hauptmann was guilty but "covering" for others involved with him.
It should be no surprise that Ms. Finch is an artist. Here is the link to her website: