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

Item Overview

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

July 23, 1935

Date

1935-07-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English
No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.

Caption

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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Rohwer, Henry (Happy Hi)
Brill, Lillian

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Traffic signs & signals--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles