In 1925, French police made sure that women on the beach adhered to the appropriate length of the swimsuit
Mouais,… la photo est célèbre et pas française. Sa légende, reproduite un très grand nombre de fois est :
“Smokey” Buchanan from the West Palm Beach police force, measuring the bathing suit of Betty Fringle on Palm Beach, to ensure that it conforms with regulations introduced by the beach censors, ca. 1925
p. ex. sur ce site, où on trouve d’autres photos, beaucoup moins souvent reproduites et nettement moins “complices”.
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In Chicago, Illinois, a woman is being arrested for defying a Chicago edict banning “abbreviated bathing suits” on beaches, July 12, 1922