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Lining up to Shop
Title (Dublin Core)
Lining up to Shop
Description (Dublin Core)
This image shows a line outside of a Walmart in Katy, Texas. During the spring and summer of 2020, I would make it part of my routine to visit the grocery store at 7:00am every Friday morning. People would line up outside of the doors waiting for them to open. It was too early for anyone to talk. I'm sure people rather not talk to one another because we were to remain 6 feet apart-- with duct tape lines suggested on the sidewalk. Plus, standing in the southeast Texas humidity made us all melt under the masks. Once the doors opened, people would grab a cart and rush in. From there, it would be a race to the back of the store where the water, toilet paper, milk, and paper towels were stored. However, my prize was disinfectant wipes. The cleaning aisle was my first stop every Friday morning. Very rarely would I get lucky and any Clorox or Lysol wipes would be on the shelves. Today, I have about a dozen containers on a shelf in my garage... and I continue to buy more.
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Creator (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Food & Drink
English
Social Distance
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Collection (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/04/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
10/10/2021
10/11/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/22/2021
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This item was submitted on October 4, 2021 by Erika Claspille using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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