Collected Item: “Closing My Street Library (HIST30060)”
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Closing My Street Library (HIST30060)
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photograph
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(HIST30060) This is a photo of the closed sign my Mum and I put on our street library after we found out about the pandemic in 2020. It reads:
Dear Street Library Patrons,
Our library will be closed as of Tuesday 24 March until further notice due to scientific findings that the coronavirus was detected for up to 24 hours on cardboard. Our community safety is my priority <3 I look forward to re-opening soon!
We made the street library in 2019 so the community could share our love of books. People could take a book, read it and, if they wanted to, put their favourite book back in. It made us sad to close the street library but after the lockdown was over we started it back up again!
Dear Street Library Patrons,
Our library will be closed as of Tuesday 24 March until further notice due to scientific findings that the coronavirus was detected for up to 24 hours on cardboard. Our community safety is my priority <3 I look forward to re-opening soon!
We made the street library in 2019 so the community could share our love of books. People could take a book, read it and, if they wanted to, put their favourite book back in. It made us sad to close the street library but after the lockdown was over we started it back up again!
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Lockdown,
Melbourne,
Community,
Safety,
Books,
Closing,
Melbourne,
Community,
Safety,
Books,
Closing,
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Kate McHugh
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2020-03-24