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A Daily Routine: Masks Go in the Washing Machine Before Entering the House

Title (Dublin Core)

A Daily Routine: Masks Go in the Washing Machine Before Entering the House

Description (Dublin Core)

The photograph depicts what the washing machine always looks like at my house in Oklahoma, multiple cloth masks inside. It has become our daily routine of placing our masks in the washing machine as soon as we get home from public places. Before we only used masks to go to the post office and grocery stores, the only two public places we went with other people there. Now that the June 1st Phase 3 of reopening Oklahoma has begun, we have noticed more and more people everywhere we go. As people are becoming more active and very few wears masks, we've begun having to take multiple masks with us everywhere to remain vigilant and have backups.

Our daily routine now includes placing our masks in the washing machine as soon as we enter from the garage, before going further into the rest of the house. If we go somewhere that includes carrying lots of things that touch our clothes, then we will also throw our daily clothes in the washing machine immediately. On one occasion we came face-to-face with a person without a mask that was actively coughing without covering their mouth in the produce section. We skipped purchasing any produce that day and went straight home. On days like that, we would immediately wash whatever clothes we were wearing, to prevent spreading anything in to the house. Photographs like this are a constant reminder of how our daily routines were completely changed because of COVID-19.
Personal story submitted for the #ruralvoices collection. Contributed by Clinton P. Roberts, curatorial intern for Arizona State University, HST 580. #HST580 #ASU
photograph, text

Date (Dublin Core)

June 5, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Clinton P. Roberts

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Clinton P. Roberts

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Clinton P. Roberts

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Clothing & Accessories
English Government State
English Health & Wellness
English Home & Family Life
English Social Distance
English Rural

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

#ruralvoices
Oklahoma
mask
sanitation
washing machine

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

cleaning
sanitation
mask
#ruralvoices
Oklahoma

Collection (Dublin Core)

Rural Voices

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/14/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/26/2020
06/27/2020
10/03/2020
08/02/2022
10/13/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

06/14/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Teaching
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on June 14, 2020 by Clinton P. Roberts using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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