Annenbergs in Court newspaper clipping, 1939

Scan depicts news clipping related to the trial of Moses Annenberg.  Annenberg was born in East Prussia on February 11, 1877.  He immigrated to Chicago in 1900 where he started out as a newspaper salesman.  He later built a successful publishing company, which purchased the Philad...

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Collection:Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (#V07)
Date:1939-11-15
Format: Electronic
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Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/1695
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Summary: Scan depicts news clipping related to the trial of Moses Annenberg.  Annenberg was born in East Prussia on February 11, 1877.  He immigrated to Chicago in 1900 where he started out as a newspaper salesman.  He later built a successful publishing company, which purchased the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1936.  Annenberg plead guilty to income tax evasion and was sentenced to prison.  Annenberg served two years in prison before his death on July 20, 1942.