Image / Lady Godiva' rides horse to court

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Title: Lady Godiva' rides horse to court
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: "Lady Godiva," a strip tease dancer, rode to court on her horse, a Palomino named Lady Melody. Giving only the name of Lady Godiva, she was arrested at a fraternal stag party with two other women, and charged with giving a lewd performance. Miss Godiva pleaded not guilty to the charges. Photo dated: May 21, 1951.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00036705
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 549-C.
CARL0000039382
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11532
Subject: Prohibition--California--Los Angeles
Liquors--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Prostitution--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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