Indecent Exhibition Charges Dropped
Photograph
Indecent Exhibition Charges Dropped
June 3, 1953
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/2 × 6 3/16 in. (21.6 × 15.7 cm)
Paper: 9 × 7 3/16 in. (22.9 × 18.3 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0018.0923
Inscriptions Printed on applied label attached at verso: NW I NEW YORK BUREAU \ INDECENT EXHIBITION CHARGES DROPPED \ DES MOINES, IA.: Ruthie Fontanini, shapely \ operator of Ruthie's Lounge, demonstrates \ her beer-pouring ability. She won dismissal \ of charges of indecent exhibition, June 3, \ after an Assistant to a county attorney \ suggested to the judge that there wasn't \ enough evidence. Vice squad officers had \ testified she staged an indecent exhibition \ behind the bar while serving beer to \ customers, and that she also sang a \ suggestive song. \ NY-A MX \ CREDIT (UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO) 6/3/53 (DB)
Inscribed in black marker on verso, TL: Bad Taste [crossed out]
Stamped on verso, BC: TELEPHOTO \ UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS \ 461 8th AVENUE NEW YORK CITY \ PLEASE CREDIT \ "UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO" \ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR \ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE UNITED \ PRESS [illegible] THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE \ [illeg.] PRESS HARMLESS FROM ANY \ [illeg.] RISING BY REASON OF YOUR \ [illeg.]TION OF THIS PICTURE
Inscribed in black marker on verso, BL: Gags.
Inscribed in black marker on verso, TL: Bad Taste [crossed out]
Stamped on verso, BC: TELEPHOTO \ UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS \ 461 8th AVENUE NEW YORK CITY \ PLEASE CREDIT \ "UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO" \ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR \ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE UNITED \ PRESS [illegible] THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE \ [illeg.] PRESS HARMLESS FROM ANY \ [illeg.] RISING BY REASON OF YOUR \ [illeg.]TION OF THIS PICTURE
Inscribed in black marker on verso, BL: Gags.
