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Photograph was edited for publication purposes First photograph caption dated January 18, 1961 reads "North Hollywood stripper Gigi Martine, who demonstrated her hip-swinging art before a Municipal Court jury Tuesday, pauses for a cigarette with attorney I. A. Kanarek. Both Miss Martine and Dep. City Atty. George Franscell have given their versions of the dance that shook the Bamboo Club, 4712 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, on Oct. 6 and caused Miss Martine to be arrested on a lewd performance charge."; Second photograph caption dated December 19, 1961 reads "Peeler's appeal fails." The article partially reads "Burlesque dancer Caroline Moss, known as Gigi Martine, failed today to win U.S. Supreme Court attention to her contention that she was invalidly given a jail sentence for part of her performance at a North Hollywood burlesque club."; Third photograph caption dated July 19, 1962 reads "Gigi Martine." The article partially reads "The State Supreme Court today reversed the 1961 conviction of North Hollywood stripteaser Gigi Martine, upsetting a Los Angeles City ordinance covering exotic dances."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Martine, Gigi Martine, Gigi--Trials, litigation, etc Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Stripteasers--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Smoking--California--Los Angeles Cigarettes--California--Los Angeles Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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