Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Michigan History Center COVID-19 Collecting Project
Left, an Instagram direct message between DS and I. Right, a text message thread between TG, who works at Henry Ford, and I.
Wayne
Several colorful cotton hand-sewn face masks sit on a Singer Featherweight sewing machine.
Ingham
Kids bikes for free at the side of the road, sign says Free and Sanitized.
Ingham
I wait at the Benign Hematology and Heart Failure Clinic at DMC for medications. It is usually staff that have to wear protection mask, but during this period it became necessary for all visitors to wear them.
Wayne
Boy sitting in room talking about virus and life in quarantine.
Ingham
On a Friday after work, my girlfriend and I go downstairs to take a walk in our neighborhood after a whole week working remotely from home. Our friend lives in the same neighborhood and we call her, but due to social distancing policy we cannot meet each other. So she could only say hi from her apartment and we are downstairs chatting for a while, through phone, though 'face to face'. I then take a shot with my camera recording this very moment that they see each other.
Wayne
Closing on the refinance of a home with limited interaction with the title company.
Ingham
Matt Hall walks down Michigan Avenue in Lansing, Michigan holding a protest sign that says "Open Michigan We Are ALL Essential."
Ingham
On the first very nice day of April my wife and son went outside while I was teleworking and pulled out chalk. This was his first time every playing with chalk. They spent a good amount of time drawing various things like robots, rainbows and boats. When they were done I was surprised how much color our normally grey sidewalk now had and made things feel a little brighter. He had a huge grin on his face when he asked if he could trace my hands and feet with chalk on the steps (I was sitting outside too with my laptop at that point enjoying the breeze) and it made me grin just as much when he stepped back and looked proud at his work.
Macomb
ER screening during the coronavirus pandemic at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital.
Oakland
I had just come out of a patients room after spending at least an hour in full PPE holding his hand and calling his family so they could say their goodbyes. I sat down and looked over at my colleague and the way she was laying was exactly how I was feeling
Ingham
I started to build a solid Hardwood Cherry gun cabinet. The picture is the completed base cabinet without stain or polyurethane. I am currently working on the top cabinet which will display the guns. I work on this every day and should be wrapping up the project by the end of April; just in time to return to work (I pray).
Lenawee
The CDC recommended that all U.S. residents wear face masks while in public places to slow the spread of COVID-19. Ann, Ava and Anna Harvey wear face masks they made from scrap fabric.
Ingham
Cars and trucks honking their horns during Operation Gridlock in Lansing, Michigan.
Ingham
A computer monitor displaying several people arranged in a grid pattern.
Ingham
COVID-19 drive thru testing station at Saint Lawrence Campus, Sparrow Health System.
Ingham
My daughter is a veterinary technician. They are still open to take care of pets, but all of the personal protective equipment has been rerouted to the hospitals and first responders. They were interacting with pet owners, and doing procedures on animals with limited or no PPE. I made over 75 masks, and 20 surgical caps for them.
Macomb
I took over 100 photos of the streets of Detroit on March 20th and 21st documenting the stay at home order and it’s affects on the streets of Detroit. The Motor City with no automobiles on the roads.
Wayne
