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Judge Joseph Marchetti and Henry “Happy Hi” Rohwer holding the stop sign to be used for Henry’s punishment for a traffic violation, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Judge Joseph Marchetti and Henry “Happy Hi” Rohwer holding the stop sign to be used for Henry’s punishment for a traffic violation, 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 may be related to 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.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Judge Joe Marchetti + Happy Hi Henry Rohwer 7-22-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7817
ark:/21198/zz002dfkd9
Language: English
No linguistic content
Subject: Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Judges--California--Los Angeles
Traffic signs & signals--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Rohwer, Henry (Happy Hi)
Marchetti, Joseph, 1896-1982
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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