July 12, 1920 - W.K. Wagner and Eldon Hendrixson,
arraigned this morning in municipal court before Judge J. F. Gibbons on the
charge of wearing indecent dress in a public street and making indecent
exposure of their persons, were summoned for trial this afternoon. Attorney C.
W. Scrutchin represented Wagner and Attorney P.J. Russell appeared for
Hendrixson. Wagner was sentenced to a fine of $25 or 20 days in jail and
Hendrix son was sentenced to a fine of $10 or 10 days in jail. The fine was
paid in both cases.
The charge was made against these men on Saturday night when they were seen by
one of the local policemen on a downtown Bemidji street clad only in their
bathing suits.
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Wear Bathing Suits Downtown and Pay Fine”; Bemidji, Minn.; July 13, 1920. P.1
Typical swimwear of the 1920s
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