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Back When Ankles Were Scandalous

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  • lostsplendor:

Today being the anniversary of the following:
“June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.”(via)

    lostsplendor:

    Today being the anniversary of the following:

    “June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.”(via)

    (via lostsplendor)

    Posted on June 30, 2012 via Lost Splendor with 261 notes

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