Photos from a drug bust at the Royal Tavern.

ID: 1451 ~ Source: "Over 25 Face Charges in Wake of Lafayette Marijuana Raids" Newspapers.com. The Daily Advertiser, December 21, 1951. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-over-25-face-charge/143166549/. ~ Date: 1951

This file appears in: Rich History at the Royal Tavern: Twenty years of Roy Gathe's legacy, the Royal Tavern

Top photo is of employees and patrons lining up against a wall. Bottom left photo is of an officer looking over an empty beer case. Bottom right photo is of a Lafayette policeman looking through a clothes closet.

This file appears in: Rich History at the Royal Tavern: Twenty years of Roy Gathe's legacy, the Royal Tavern

Rich History at the Royal Tavern: Twenty years of Roy Gathe's legacy, the Royal Tavern

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