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Susan Smith-Peter
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2020-07-27Patience and Fortitude
The New York Public Library’s website explains, “During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named [the library lions] Patience and Fortitude for the qualities New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression.” I remembered this fact and connected immediately with it the first time I saw Patience and Fortitude wearing their masks in solidarity with the New Yorkers they have watched over for more than a century. It struck me that we would need those virtues to make it through COVID-19 as well. “Those lion statues have seen New York struggle through and overcome many hardships from the 1917 Flu to the Great Depression to September 11th,” I thought. Things were grim in New York in 2020. We were the first to experience the horror that would eventually engulf the whole country. The infection rate was high, hospitals were full, people were dying. It was easy to despair. The masked lions were a powerful symbol of the resolve and resilience of New Yorkers and a reminder that this turmoil, too, would pass into history and the city - like the lions - would remain standing. -
2023-02-28
College of Staten Island Facebook Screenshot PROMPT
The HST718 Public History Class at the College of Staten Island was tasked with taking screenshots of submissions to the Lockdown Staten Island Facebook page from 2020. The students were to use the information found on the page and submit the screenshots and add metadata. Their submissions will be linked to this assignment. -
2023-02-28College of Staten Island HST 718 Instagram submission PROMPTS
This assignment was for Public History students at the College of Staten Island to submit a personal item for the archive for HST 718. Their submissions will be linked to this item. Additional Assignments were given as well. Any assignment from College of Staten Island outside of the Facebook prompt will be linked to this item. -
May 2nd, 2020Visiting the St. George Market
People waiting 6 feet apart at St. George greenmarket. A good turnout, but everyone was following the new rules of not touching the food and social distancing. -
May 2nd, 2020Sign of the times at St. George Greenmarket.
Sign of the times at St. George Greenmarket. -
June 19, 2020Essential Worker Appreciation
Screenshot of a poster thanking Staten Island essential workers from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page -
June 20, 2020pandemic continues staten island
Screenshot of various photos in Staten Island during Covid19 from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page -
2020-06-28New York art
Screenshot of New York art from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle -
June 28, 2020Staten Island Ferry Social Distancing
Screenshot of the Staten Island Ferry with social distancing tape on the seats. -
June 28, 2020The Strand
Screenshot of two people looking through books from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page -
2020-07-05Wear a Mask
Screenshot of a wear a mask shirt from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page -
July 12, 2020Arch of Washington Square park during BLM demonstration
Screenshot of washington Square park arch before a BLM demonstration from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle Facebook page -
2020-07-12Statue of Garibaldi
Screenshot of Garibaldi statue from the CSI Public History Coronavirus Chronicle