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YMCA and Waterpark Reopen...And COVID-19 Kicks Into High Gear
Title (Dublin Core)
YMCA and Waterpark Reopen...And COVID-19 Kicks Into High Gear
Description (Dublin Core)
YMCAs reopened with restrictions beginning on May 18, although in-person group classes did not reconvene. This photo shows a fair number of vehicles at this YMCA facility in west Wichita, Kansas, and while the city's late June order closed municipal pools and water parks, this did not apply to aquatic centers managed by private entities. Nevertheless, patrons appear to be spaced out on the water slide, with a lifeguard at the top managing the queue. These photos reveal how people in Wichita were attempting to confront the pandemic while retaining some semblance of normalcy in their daily lives, but on the same day these pictures were taken, the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment announced 1,000 new cases in the state, bringing its total to 18,611, with 2,074 of those in Sedgwick County. A week before, the state's total was 15,919.
Date (Dublin Core)
July 10, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Aaron Peterka
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Aaron Peterka
Partner (Dublin Core)
Northeastern University
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Public Space
English
Environment & Landscape
English
Recreation & Leisure
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
sports
Wichita
Kansas
swimming pools
Collection (Dublin Core)
Environment
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/10/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/10/2020
07/24/2020
07/27/2020
08/07/2020
11/04/2020
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This item was submitted on July 10, 2020 by Aaron Peterka 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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