A large group of young hot-rodders mill through jail doors are they are processed after sentencing. The photo caption reads: "35 "Hot-Rod" drivers get jail sentences. Shown above are some of the 35 young "hot-rod" driving enthusiasts who were sentenced today to five days in jail each. All of the drivers lost their licenses for 30 days. Officer Harold Nenny, background, holds the drivers' suspended licenses (arrow). The young drivers were accused of holding regular weekly "meets" along Sepulveda boulevard near San Fernando road". Photo dated: Mar. 11, 1948.
Nenny, Harold Automobile racing--California--Los Angeles Hot rods--California--Los Angeles Sentences (Criminal procedure)--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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