Friday, July 12, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 12

July 12, 1920 – W.K. Wagner and Eldon Hendrixson, arraigned this morning in municipal court in Bemidji 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

http://amtvintageblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/indecent-exposurevintage-bathing-suits.html 
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