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Aaron Peterka
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2020-05-01
Playground Closed
Sign posted in front of one of several playgrounds at the popular Sedgwick County Park in west Wichita, Kansas. All playground equipment had been roped off during the state's "stay-at-home" order. Sedgwick County, Kansas: creator Photo taken by Aaron Peterka, Northeastern University Image taken on 05/01/2020. -
2020-05-02
Find a Cure
A marquee sign along Hillside Avenue in east Wichita, Kansas, with simple instructions for how to weather the pandemic. Image taken on 05/02/2020. -
Image taken on 04/18/2020.
Bear With Homemade Mask
An attempt at humor in the midst of a crisis. -
2020-05-02
Social Distance on Kansas Highways
This highway sign on K-96, just north of Wichita, reminds motorists of the importance of social distancing. -
2020-05-01
Social Distancing in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Despite the city's wide-open spaces and sprawling design, signs like this one outside Sedgwick County's west Wichita extension office still laid out the necessary mitigation measures meant to slow COVID-19's transmission. This particular sign sat alongside the biking/jogging path that skirted by the county office, thus reinforcing both the urgent need for social distancing, as well as the ease with which the virus can spread from person-to-person. Image taken on May 1, 2020. -
2020-04-03
Car Wash Sign Advocating Hand Washing
Having been temporarily closed due to the outbreak, this Wichita car wash sign instructs passersby on proper hand washing procedures. Image taken on April 3, 2020. -
2020-04-05
A Great Sacrifice
This west Wichita, Kansas, church marquee sign reflects the state-mandated social distancing restrictions that went into effect on March 30, 2020; restrictions that prohibited large social gatherings, shuttered K-12 schools for the remainder of the spring, required 6-feet of space between individuals in public, and closed all non-essential businesses, such as retail stores and gyms. Photo taken on April 5, 2020. -
2020-04-03
New Market Square, Wichita, Kansas
Looking across the usually busy New Market Square during the first week of Kansas's "shelter-in-place" order issued on March 30, 2020, which closed all non-essential businesses in the state. *Aaron Peterka, Northeastern University -
2020-04-03
Stay Strong, Wichita
An electronic billboard at a shopping center along Maize Road in west Wichita, Kansas, encouraging citizens to weather the crisis and look forward to better days. The sign incorporates the city's emblem with a blue heart added in its center. *Aaron Peterka, Northeastern University