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Collected Item: “Dear Anti-Maskers”

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Dear Anti-Maskers

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photograph

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.

One common sight to behold during the pandemic was the signs posted within business’ storefront windows mandating masks to be worn to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In early June 2020 as the city of Chicago entered their Phase 3, which allowed for local businesses to reopen, some store owners used creative messages such as this one to enforce required mask mandates.
The sign above, which I noticed on the Chicago Bagel Authority’s Belmont location—six miles north of the Chicago Loop—is a symbol of the city’s efforts to mask up, specifically targeting groups known as “anti-maskers.”

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#DePaulHST269, #MaskMandates, #Chicago, #LocalBusinesses, #AntiMaskers, #ChicagoBagelAuthority, #Phase3, #SocialDistancing, #eatcba, #2020

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

Elizabeth Bruce

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2020-06
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