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Collected Item: “Pandemic Dream Vacation”

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Pandemic Dream Vacation

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

A photograph

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This is a photograph i took on my last major vacation to South Carolina in 2013. If I could travel anywhere I would go back there and I would go back to Disney World and my dream vacation that I have never been on would be Hawaii. Due to circumstances that happened in 2013 I have been unable to return to South Carolina since. I would go back because I have some positive memories there and it was the last trip before my mom got paralyzed two months later and it is one of her favorite spots too. I have also enjoyed trips to Disney World and have always wanted to visit Hawaii. I did have a trip planned to South Carolina and Florida in February 2020 but had to cancel because of Covid and I have not had a chance to go back since.

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Pandemic Dream Vacation, Arizona State University, HST 643, and History of Tourism,
photograph, March 2013, Matthew Bailey, Myrtle Beach South Carolina

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self

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2013-03-14
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