Escondido (Calif.)

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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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"Bond try for SPHS readied" Escondido Union High School District trustees meet with teachers, parents and teachers to address a bond measure to finance overcrowded and underequipped San Pasqual High School. Envelope includes photos of meeting as well as photos of two speakers.

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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...

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[A person holding up a silver dishing platter, two people looking at their reflection on the plate.]

Scope and Contents Image 001: Lady standing while talking with someone on the telephone Image 002-006: ["Bike safari gets clearance"] Photograph negatives show a summer school bike class receiving safety instructions. The bike line is led by Principal Royce Moore and student David Briggs.["Image 006 is used in the article.] Image 007-012: ["Pollution-free vegetables"] "Mr. and Mrs. George Norton of 706 Bennet Ave. admire their organically-grown vegetables raised on only one-quarter...