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Collected Item: “Caution Slide”

Give your story a title.

Caution Slide

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

Photograph, taken by me

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I saw the slide while on a walk in the morning. My local playground had been shut down and taped up to prevent children playing. I wanted to photograph it to show how the pandemic had changed even basic activities like taking children to a playground.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#sanfrancisobayarea

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Maggie Mitchell

Give this story a date.

2020-03-18
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