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Collected Item: “Las Vegas Lockdown - March 29”

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Las Vegas Lockdown - March 29

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

photographs i took on a drive down the strip

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.

These two photos were taken on the strip at the beginning of lockdown in Las Vegas. Both photos show the government in action as they were taken during lockdown when the strip basically shut down. These photos show empty streets and billboards telling everyone to stay home and stay safe. The billboards provided a sort of unity within the city since it encouraged everyone to “be kind from a distance” and were small reminders that we were all in this together.

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?

#unlv #psc101 #mlphelps

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

Alyssa Blackwell

Give this story a date.

2020-10-14
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