Dolly Dimples (Utah)

Dolly Dimples was a 1909 publicity stunt in Salt Lake City by the (since defunct) Salt Lake Herald-Republican newspaper, involving a pretty girl in a new automobile, in this case an American Traveler. A $500 reward (roughly $25,000 in 2008 dollars) was offered for the "capture" of Miss Dolly Dimples. Miss Dimples was played by a woman identified as Jennie Curry.[1] The contest was eventually accused of being rigged, and Jennie Curry, L. V. Curry, and F. K. Ricker were arrested and returned to Utah on a charge of conspiracy to defraud.[2] They were tried and found not guilty on a technicality.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Utah State Historical Society
  2. ^ Los Angeles Evening Post, Dec. 16, 1909
  3. ^

    Deseret News, March 10, 1910

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