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NYC: BEFORE & AFTER
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#tb 1946 & today: Looking east on Edgemere Ave at Beach 44th St in Edgemere, Queens. . There's still time for some fun in the sun before the summer’s out, and nowadays you won’t even have to worry about the swimsuit police. Up until around the early 1960’s most places used to enforce strict sets of laws which dictated what was and was not appropriate for people to wear on public beaches. Anyone deemed "indecently dressed" could expect to receive a fine or even face arrest in some cases. The old photo of today’s post shows a woman receiving such a fine from a police officer. Note the sympathetic smile the woman in the background seems to be giving to her ticketed counterpart 😅 . Men were not safe from swimsuit police either. Simply being shirtless was enough to warrant being fined. Ultimately, the laws concerning beach attire were gradually relaxed over the years and or became unenforced. . . 📸 1946 photo by Sam Shere . . . #edgemerequeens #queensny #rockawaybeach #beach44street #oldnyc #1940snyc #nychistory #queensnewyork #rockawaybeachny #thewaywewere #oldnewyork #nyc1940s #newyorkhistory #bikinipolice #nypd #1940s #vintagenyc #rockawaybeachqueens #1940sstyle #nycnostalgia #vintagenewyork #queensnyc #1940sfashion #nycbeforeandafter