Item

Happy 21st

Title (Dublin Core)

Happy 21st

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

HIST30060
A person’s 21st birthday (whilst not as big a deal in Australia as other countries) is still considered an important milestone. I, like many other people in Melbourne, had the pleasure of experiencing my 21st birthday in lockdown. Friends were not invited. Family could not visit. Instead, I spent the day at home with only myself, my sister and my dog. I feel like this picture accurately represents what the time was like. Dead. Not literally, of course, but life had grinded to a halt during this period. And yet, that day was one of my happiest. Maybe because it gave an excuse for people to contact me. A theme I think runs through a lot of the pandemic. Because we could not meet physically, social interaction through technology became a lot more prevalent. And who doesn’t love being sent cupcakes?

Date (Dublin Core)

November 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Alyssa Morgan

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Alyssa Morgan

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

This is a photograph of a vase filled with dying flowers and a helium balloon with "21" on it. It is in my bedroom in Melbourne.

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Events
English Food & Drink
English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

lockdown
celebration
cupcakes
social connection
connection
isolation
social interaction

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

birthday
21st
flowers

Collection (Dublin Core)

COVID Birthdays

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2020/11/05
02/17/2021
07/12/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04

Item sets

This item was submitted on November 4, 2020 by Alyssa Morgan using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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