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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
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.
The sign Henry Rohwer (Happy Hi) is holding reads the word “Stop” in English.
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.
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: No linguistic content
English
Subject: Traffic signs & signals--California--Los Angeles
Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Judges--California--Los Angeles
Rohwer, Henry (Happy Hi)
Marchetti, Joseph, 1896-1982
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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