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For Summer 2012 - U.S. Bikini Laws ... Circa 1920s - 1930s
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Posted on 07/05/2012 8:20:00 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
For Summer 2012 - U.S. Bikini Laws ... Circa 1920s - 1930s
Bathing Suit Arrests, Chicago, 1922
“Women being arrested in Chicago for defying a ban on wearing brief swimsuits in public. Women were meant to cover-up when not in the water”
- Australian National Maritime Museum
US Bikini Laws, 1922
‘June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.’
- National Photo Co.
US Bikini Laws, 1933
Policemen measuring Peggy Graves’s swimming costume, to check whether it meets minimum clothing requirements, 1933
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Local News; Outdoors; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bathingbeauty; bathingsuit; bikini; blastfromthepast; crimeandpunishment; modernhistory; nannystate; oldschool; oldtime; swimsuit; underarrest
A blast from the past ... a few photos from the 1920s - 1930s when ladies in their swimsuits would have to pass police inpsection or face arrest.
The times have certainly changed.
To: DogByte6RER
In this case , for the better !
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:26:30 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: DogByte6RER; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
We have a lesbian mayor in Houston now and laws against wearing thongs in strip joints (and a new strip joint tax). Gay pride parade is permitted where an annual blockparty concert is no longer tolerated because of noise and public drinking.
Laws can be perverse regardless of the decade or century.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:39:53 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Fools.Damn fools.Welcome to the USSA. Socialism is slavery to the State and the Supreme Court did it)
To: DogByte6RER
Someone will be tempted to post a picture of a floss bikini or thong in 3... 2... 1...
(Don’t do it! Family site. You can think it, but dooooon’t do it.)
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:40:29 PM PDT
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(REPEAL OBAMACARE. Nothing else matters.)
To: DogByte6RER
Policemen measuring Peggy Graves’s swimming costume, to check whether it meets minimum clothing requirements, 1933 Nice work if you can get it.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:41:01 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
("The cross opens its arms to the four winds; it is a signpost for free travelers." GK Chesterton)
To: DogByte6RER
These are just too funny. I had forgotten about those awful bathing caps we wore when I was a teenager. But we didn’t have blow dryers back then and only had our hair done once a week so the caps did serve a useful purpose.
The only inspection we ever had was by our mother. Fathers of everyone I knew never commented about their daughter’s attire. Way too personal an issue. Girls had separate swimming times from the guys at our public pool until I was about 16 or so so it really didn’t matter much and it’s not like there were other styles available.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:42:49 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:59:30 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: DogByte6RER
Bill Norton? Hell no! That’s Ed Norton moonlighting from his
sewer job. Or maybe it’s LBJ.
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posted on
07/05/2012 9:40:31 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal Red Turf)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
I couldn't resist! ;-)
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posted on
07/05/2012 9:41:27 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free; digger48
I broght Kate over from another thread.
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posted on
07/05/2012 9:47:13 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: DogByte6RER
The times have certainly changed.Indeed. Look at the police in the top photo. Today those girls would probably be screamed at and manhandled by shaven headed louts.
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posted on
07/05/2012 10:01:11 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: wjcsux
I KNEW somebody would do it!
To: Oztrich Boy
I don’t know which is worse.
To: wjcsux
Using the top-bottom trizonal decile system:
10, 8, 10.
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posted on
07/06/2012 1:23:02 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: DogByte6RER
Wow, people were so dense back then...
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posted on
07/06/2012 3:18:24 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: wjcsux
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posted on
07/06/2012 3:19:21 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: wjcsux
Attaboy!
Where’d you get that photo of me as a youngster? LOL.
(actually, my generation spent years trying to pluck our drawers OUT OF our cracks, lol)
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