Photographs from the Library of Congress
![Bill Norton, the bathing beach "cop", using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman's knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C.](https://gdb.voanews.com/947d6472-3e74-4879-9fbc-57a21b8d61cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bill Norton, the bathing beach "cop", using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman's knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C.
![Balloon accident in Fort Sill. Date Created/Published: [between 1918 and 1921]](https://gdb.voanews.com/db130d58-2060-4e97-ba86-d735e83afcce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Balloon accident in Fort Sill. Date Created/Published: [between 1918 and 1921]
![Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3382a645-0f38-4b08-8928-a3f897697040_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park.
![A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor. (Photo by Alexander Gardner)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b6e38c7e-ea09-4db5-9ca3-6438fca9b32b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor. (Photo by Alexander Gardner)