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Looking Back to the Shutdown

Title (Dublin Core)

Looking Back to the Shutdown

Description (Dublin Core)

This photo was taken a few minutes before 1:00 PM on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Arizona Historical Society Heritage Center in Tempe. That day stands out as the day everything started shutting down due to COVID-19. I had set out for an appointment in downtown Phoenix, but found out it had been cancelled when I was about halfway there. I got my Lyft driver to change course and head to the Heritage Center instead so that I could take care of some other business. As all this was happening, a rather freakish thunderstorm broke out. That same day, my son received an email from the University of Arizona advising him not to return from Spring Break, and I found out that Arizona State University would conduct all classes on line for the rest of the semester. The following Monday, my wife was sent home early to work remotely and has continued to do so ever since. Looking back after ten months of the pandemic (whoever dreamed it would go on this long?), this picture symbolizes the start of the whole chaotic ordeal.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 13, 2020 13:54

Creator (Dublin Core)

Chris Bradley

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design
English Conflict
English Emotion

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

shutdown
thunderstorm
photography
chaos
Tempe
Arizona

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

shutdown
thunderstorm

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/20/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/09/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/13/2020

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This item was submitted on January 20, 2021 by Chris Bradley 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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