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Henry Rohwer, also known as Happy Hi, holding a stop sign as punishment for a traffic violation and standing next to Lillian Brill, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Henry Rohwer, also known as Happy Hi, holding a stop sign as punishment for a traffic violation and standing next to Lillian Brill, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 23, 1935
1935-07-23
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, “This Ought to Curb Traffic: HEAVYWEIGHT GETS JOB INSTEAD OF DAY IN JAIL,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Jul. 1935: A1.
The sign Henry Rohwer (Happy Hi) is holding reads the word “Stop” in English.
Text from negative sleeve: 1342—Lillian Brill, Happy Hi Henry Rohwer, Judge Marchetti, 600 lb man in traffic court (445 lbs?) 7-22-35 [Stamped:] JUL 31 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: He’s to be human traffic sign for half a day—introducing Henry (Happy Hi) Rohwer, who weighs 445 pounds and is given job instead of jail on traffic violation charge. With him is shown Lillian Brill.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Lillian Brill + Happy Hi Henry Rohwer 600 lbs 7-22-35.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7816
ark:/21198/zz002dfkcs
Language: English
No linguistic content
Subject: Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Traffic signs & signals--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Rohwer, Henry (Happy Hi)
Brill, Lillian
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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