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This is a short visual diary documenting some of the COVID-19 related signs that I've seen around where I live in Escondido.

Scope and Contents Library holds digitized copies of microfilm of the Escondido Times-Advocate from 1912-1995. Access to this resource is restricted to students, staff, and faculty of California State University, and visitors to the physical library building, who can access the paper via this...

Scope and Contents "Poway High School coaches (from left) Ted Robinson, Greg Stokes, Norm McMilan and Wayne Smith, lend a hand in building the new press box atop the stands, which have been enlarged at Poway for the '70 season. The Titan field will now accommodate 2,500 spectators, more than twice as many as last season. The press box is 16x18 with a camera tower on top. Poway opens the '70 season Sept. 18." [Similar images in envelope, as well as additional images related to 1970-09-13 article by Kathlyn...

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[Author's recollection of high school, student governance, during the pandemic.]

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[Author's account of high school closures, online education, family care, assistance to neighbors and non-English speakers.]

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[Author's recounting of struggles with motherhood and schooling, husband's work as a Customs Officer at San Ysidro, racist confrontation while shopping at Walmart, family members' contractions of Covid-19.]

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"Mrs. John Edmondson Jr. displays the trophy recently received by the Junior Woman's Club in recognition of the many hours they contributed in the neighbor to neighbor cancer drive. Mrs. Edmondson is cancer chairman for the local Junior Woman's Club. The trophy will be on display for one month at Escondido National Bank." Other images in envelope include a group of men around a table, and something unclear bearing the description "A Brett & Edwards original."

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"A fire hydrant was snapped off its base on North Broadway between El Norte Parkway and Escondido High School Tuesday morning about 8 a.m. when a cement truck driven by Albert L. Stevens of 701 Nancy St. rolled over it when readying to pour cement nearby. Standing to watch the spectacular are Wayne Verkelman and Aubrey Vanderbyl, summer vacationers." [Envelope contains additional related images. Envelope 00011 contains additional images related to geyser.]

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"A fire hydrant was snapped off its base on North Broadway between El Norte Parkway and Escondido High School Tuesday morning about 8 a.m. when a cement truck driven by Albert L. Stevens of 701 Nancy St. rolled over it when readying to pour cement nearby. Standing to watch the spectacular are Wayne Verkelman and Aubrey Vanderbyl, summer vacationers." [Envelope contains additional related images. Envelope 00008 contains additional images related to geyser.]

Scope and Contents [Images 001-003: Older woman wearing a printed blouse sitting on a chair outside while holding a photograph of a group of people standing/sitting, a photograph faced upward placed on the table right next to her, sliding door. Images 004-006: Three men standing right next to each other by a table, all of them are wearing fur hats with tails attached to them, one of the men is holding a box filled with fur hats and another man is holding a box filled with pins, fur hat with tail attached to it...