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Collected Item: “"Oh my God they put a mask on the Big Apple"”

Give your story a title.

"Oh my God they put a mask on the Big Apple"

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

social media post

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.

A photograph showing a facsimile of an apple, several stories tall, with a face painted on it. On the face is a large piece of fabric tied to look like a mask. The Big Apple is a roadside attraction along the busy Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa corridor of Highway 401 near Cobourg, Ontario. Anyone who has travelled this route within the last 20 years or more is familiar with the landmark which has, at times, been billed at the World's Largest Apple, and is attached to an apple pie bakery.
The caption accompanying the photograph says "OH MY GOD THEY PUT A MASK ON THE BIG APPLE" (followed but two emojis crying from laughter)

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?

tourist attraction, local landmark, business, mask, humour

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158929992847033&set=a.10154636890167033&type=3

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

Heather King

Give this story a date.

2020-07-23
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