Photographs from the Library of Congress
1
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.
2
Balloon accident in Fort Sill. Date Created/Published: [between 1918 and 1921]
3
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.
4
A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor. (Photo by Alexander Gardner)