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Collected Item: “Mask bin”

Give your story a title.

Mask bin

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

This is a photograph of our entrance hall mask bowl.

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.

Note the overflowing mask bowl next to the car keys and hand sanitizer. This illustrates the new protocol for leaving the house, which now means grabbing a mask as well as your phone and car keys. To me, this speaks volumes about the way the pandemic has affected daily life and our routines and what we consider “normal” to be

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?

#routine, #protocol, #sanitization, #pandemic, #safety, #novelty

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

Margaret Cravens

Give this story a date.

2020-08-31
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