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Collected Item: “Trash Can”

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Trash Can

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

Original Photograph

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.

Each day during the height of the horror of living in the epicenter I'd allow myself 1 walk, strategically timed to avoid as many people as possible. No matter how abstract the imagery the pandemic seems to intrude, in this photograph in the from of an out of focus figure in a mask. #fordhamuniversity

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?

#fordhamuniversity

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

Mark Street

Give this story a date.

2020-03-28
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