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YMCA and Waterpark Reopen...And COVID-19 Kicks Into High Gear

Title (Dublin Core)

YMCA and Waterpark Reopen...And COVID-19 Kicks Into High Gear

Description (Dublin Core)

YMCAs reopened with restrictions beginning on May 18, although in-person group classes did not reconvene. This photo shows a fair number of vehicles at this YMCA facility in west Wichita, Kansas, and while the city's late June order closed municipal pools and water parks, this did not apply to aquatic centers managed by private entities. Nevertheless, patrons appear to be spaced out on the water slide, with a lifeguard at the top managing the queue. These photos reveal how people in Wichita were attempting to confront the pandemic while retaining some semblance of normalcy in their daily lives, but on the same day these pictures were taken, the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment announced 1,000 new cases in the state, bringing its total to 18,611, with 2,074 of those in Sedgwick County. A week before, the state's total was 15,919.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 10, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Aaron Peterka

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Space
English Environment & Landscape
English Recreation & Leisure

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

sports
Wichita
Kansas
swimming pools

Collection (Dublin Core)

Environment

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

A billboard that reads "Stay strong Wichita! We'll be back soon!"Stay Strong, Wichita

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/10/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/10/2020
07/24/2020
07/27/2020
08/07/2020
11/04/2020

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on July 10, 2020 by Aaron Peterka 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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