Col. Sherrell has issued an order that bathing suits at the Wash[ington] bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee

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{ Two women arrested for defying a Chicago edict banning abbreviated bathing suits on beaches, 1922 | Another arrest | Policeman measuring the distance between knee and suit }

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{ New York Times, 1919 | PDF }

U.S., flashback | March 4th, 2014