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Collected Item: “Boucke Mask Trash”

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Boucke Mask Trash

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

photograph, text story

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.

This is a photo I took of a mask littered on the ground at the Boucke campsite at Camp Wolfeboro. This is the campsite where my troop, Troop 834, stayed during the fifth week of camp, when I took the photo. I picked up the mask and threw it away after I took the photo, and I hope it wasn't anyone from our troop who forgot to pick up their garbage. I find it interesting that the pandemic prevented most human activity from taking place at the camp in 2020 and now that people have returned there are new types of trash.

The photo was taken at 6:58 AM on Monday, July 19, 2021.

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?

mask trash, mask, trash, Camp Wolfeboro, Tuolumne County, North Fork Stanislaus River, Stanislaus River, California, Scouting, litter, garbage, pollution

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

Nicholas Harvey

Give this story a date.

2021-07-19T06:58
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