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Carleton Dispersed: Photos of the Covid-19 pandemic from across the country
 

Carleton Dispersed: Photos of the Covid-19 pandemic from across the country

This collection has items collected by Carleton students during Spring and Summer 2020 that speak to the Covid-19 pandemic across the US. Most of the student body was off-campus, at home or elsewhere. These photos and documents were collected near where the students were living and reflect living during the pandemic. Most of the contributions were made by students in Historians for Hire.

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  • Andes Central School COVID-19 Signage by Andes Central School

    Andes Central School COVID-19 Signage

    Andes Central School

    Andes Central School public signage outside the school's main entrance. The signage warns the town to "Stay Safe" and announces an imminent Board of Education meeting on at 7pm on May 21st.

  • COVID-19 Signage at the Andes Fire Department by Andes Fire Department

    COVID-19 Signage at the Andes Fire Department

    Andes Fire Department

    Signage outside the Andes Fire Department, listing a number of COVID-19-related precautions to be taken by the public.

  • Pandemic Photography Portfolio by Anonymous Carleton Student and Clara Posner

    Pandemic Photography Portfolio

    Anonymous Carleton Student and Clara Posner

    This portfolio was a final project for a Carleton photography class. In it, this student captures her life in quarantine in Lake Tahoe through images and short captions. She examines loneliness, repetition, nature, monotony, emotional fatigue, and her connection to swimming. Overall, this portfolio artistically portrays confusion and despair resulting from the pandemic, ultimately countered by positive reflection and growth.

  • Be Well, Stay Strong : Chalk Art by Anonymous Child

    Be Well, Stay Strong : Chalk Art

    Anonymous Child

    This is a picture of chalk art containing the words "be well, stay strong."

  • Socially Distanced Birthday Party Signage by Anonymous Creator

    Socially Distanced Birthday Party Signage

    Anonymous Creator

    Signs marking a child's zoo-themed birthday party.

  • Celebratory Posters For College Graduate by Anonymous Family

    Celebratory Posters For College Graduate

    Anonymous Family

    A family created posters to support a neighbor as she was supposed to graduate from college on May 2nd.

  • Celebratory Posters For College Graduate by Anonymous Family

    Celebratory Posters For College Graduate

    Anonymous Family

    A family created posters to support a neighbor as she was supposed to graduate from college on May 2nd.

  • Message to Delivery Workers by Anonymous Family

    Message to Delivery Workers

    Anonymous Family

    A house in my neighborhood had this sign placed on the garage. It is relevant because it shows people's appreciation towards deliver workers who risk themselves daily fo the good of their communities. This sign also shows that people are trying to find ways to reach out to other people and thank them for what they are doing by trying to boost the community's morale.

  • Family Chalk Art by Anonymous Father

    Family Chalk Art

    Anonymous Father

    A family used chalk art to show their support to first responders.

  • Country Club Offers Opportunity to Donate Meals by Anonymous Mother and Young Child

    Country Club Offers Opportunity to Donate Meals

    Anonymous Mother and Young Child

    Stonebridge Country Club (Aurora, Illinois) is implementing a program to make and deliver meals to first responders using community members' financial donations. This donation additionally counts toward a food and beverage monthly minimum each home must spend.

  • Local Dry Cleaner Selling Homemade Face Masks by Ashton Cleaners in Aurora, Illinois

    Local Dry Cleaner Selling Homemade Face Masks

    Ashton Cleaners in Aurora, Illinois

    Ashton Cleaners is selling homemade face masks detailed with Chicago sports logos for ten dollars. This helps not only their business, but encourages personal protection when out in public.

  • A Guide for Rainy Days by Dan Ashurst

    A Guide for Rainy Days

    Dan Ashurst

    This photobook expresses the author's experience with depression in general and during the COVID-19 pandemic. All photos were taken in and near the artist's house in Prattville, Alabama as a result of the stay-at-home order and later voluntary self-quarantine of Spring 2020. Some images speak to the experience of a social and academic life maintained mostly digitally. Others analyze the lack of clarity, descent into darkness, and subsequent return to hope.

  • Barefoot Dance Center - Coronavirus Update by Barefoot Dance Center

    Barefoot Dance Center - Coronavirus Update

    Barefoot Dance Center

    An early e-mail update from Barefoot Dance Center in West Park, NY, explaining that it will continue to function mostly as normal but with increased attention paid to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19

  • Barefoot Dance Classes are about to go ONLINE by Barefoot Dance Center

    Barefoot Dance Classes are about to go ONLINE

    Barefoot Dance Center

    An update from Barefoot Dance Center to students/families about the impending shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Overlapping Authorities at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (K-8 in Washington DC) by Blessed Sacrament Catholic School

    Overlapping Authorities at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (K-8 in Washington DC)

    Blessed Sacrament Catholic School

    Signage noting the closure of playground due to COVID-19 taped onto signage describing the "normal" restrictions to access

  • Restrictions on playground access at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (K-8) by Blessed Sacrament Catholic School

    Restrictions on playground access at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (K-8)

    Blessed Sacrament Catholic School

    Signage notifying the public that the Blessed Sacrament playground school is closed until further notice - with statue of Mary in the foreground.

  • Community Magazine Promoting the Support of First Responders by Bridge Living Magazine (Aurora, Illinois)

    Community Magazine Promoting the Support of First Responders

    Bridge Living Magazine (Aurora, Illinois)

    This Facebook post by a community magazine encourages families to show their support for all medical staff by placing candles and luminaries outside of their home.

  • Brookville Market Door Signage by Brookville Market

    Brookville Market Door Signage

    Brookville Market

    Door signage at a local Chevy Chase, MD supermarket that outlines the new health precautions taken by the establishment

  • Thank You Customers by Corner Market & Pharmacy

    Thank You Customers

    Corner Market & Pharmacy

    Window Decor at Corner Market & Pharmacy in Silver Spring, MD thanking customers for their continued business.

  • Lovingston Cafe Creates Drive-In Theater by Nick Cropper

    Lovingston Cafe Creates Drive-In Theater

    Nick Cropper

    Lovingston cafe in Nelson County, Virginia holds a drive-in theater in attempts to give their community entertainment during the pandemic. Social distancing is maintained as everyone is required to stay in their vehicles.

  • Denizens Brewing Company Contactless Delivery by Denizens Brewing Company

    Denizens Brewing Company Contactless Delivery

    Denizens Brewing Company

    Denizens Brewing Company, a Silver Spring, MD brewery announced that it is beginning contactless alcohol deliveries. Their website outlines the logistics of these deliveries, and how they hope to ensure the safety of everyone involved.

  • Hospital COVID-19 Signage by Edward's Hospital (Naperville, Illinios)

    Hospital COVID-19 Signage

    Edward's Hospital (Naperville, Illinios)

    Located throughout the facilities, these posters detail the hospital's commitment to protecting individuals through screening, preventative measures, and social distancing. In addition, there were signs near the elevators, encouraging less people to ride the elevators at one time to reduce crowding and reinforcing sanitation/mask wearing.

  • Hospital COVID-19 Signage by Edward's Hospital (Naperville, Illinios)

    Hospital COVID-19 Signage

    Edward's Hospital (Naperville, Illinios)

    Located throughout the facilities, these posters detail the hospital's commitment to protecting individuals through screening, preventative measures, and social distancing. In addition, there were signs near the elevators, encouraging less people to ride the elevators at one time to reduce crowding and reinforcing sanitation/mask wearing.

  • Elting Memorial Library COVID-19 Update #2 by Elting Memorial Library

    Elting Memorial Library COVID-19 Update #2

    Elting Memorial Library

    This photograph, taken on April 15th, 2020, captures the public-facing signage utilized by the Elting Memorial Library to communicate changes in operation to community members due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Elting Memorial Library Website Front-Page by Elting Memorial Library

    Elting Memorial Library Website Front-Page

    Elting Memorial Library

    The front page of the Elting Memorial Library (New Paltz, NY) website, which illustrates the ways in which the library seeks to continue serving the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
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