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.

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.

A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor. (Photo by Alexander Gardner)

Dead soldiers on the battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Alexander Gardner)

New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watches agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition around 1921.