Current Events photograph collection.

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Title: Current Events photograph collection.
Date: 2020
Call Number: 699
Description: This collection depicts current events, spanning 2020 to present.
Summary: Box 1: COVID-19 pandemic.
Box 2: Memorials for the victims of the mass shooting at the South Boulder King Soopers grocery store.
Box 3: Mobile Home Communities and Affordable Housing.
Box 4 - Construction of the North Boulder Branch Library and photos relating to the creation of the Boulder Public Library District.
Terms of Use: RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. No duplicated materials may be deposited or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.
Format: Photographs.
Author: Buchman, Barbara
Hall, Wendy
Sundro, Tom
Torres, Cindy
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease)--Colorado--Boulder
Collection: Current Events Photograph Collection
Acquisition Note: Funding for the photographs in boxes 1 and 2 was provided by the Boulder Public Library Foundation.

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: Pearl Street Mall.

Call Number 699-1-1

Date 2020

Contents 5 photographs (digital only).

Description Photos from April 2020 which show a deserted Pearl Street mall. All businesses had temporarily closed due to the pandemic with the exception of Wells Fargo Bank (Photo 5), an essential business.

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: Art Source International.

Call Number 699-1-2

Date 2020

Contents 3 photographs (digital only).

Description Photographs of Art Source International, 1237 Pearl Street, from April 2020. Note the pandemic-related signs in the windows.

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: The Sink.

Call Number 699-1-3

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of The Sink, at 1165 13th St., taken in April 2020. Signs out front indicate the availability of delivery and take-out during the pandemic.

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: Fox Theatre Marquee.

Call Number 699-1-4

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of the Fox Theatre marquee, 1135 13th St., taken in April 2020. Reads "Stay Safe Boulder / Check Website".

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: 1100 block of 13th Street.

Call Number 699-1-5

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description View of businesses on the Hill, (l-r) Boss Lady Pizza and Core Power Yoga, closed due to the pandemic.

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: Folsom Field.

Call Number 699-1-6

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of Folsom Field on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, deserted due to the pandemic.

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: Sign on Kittredge Field.

Call Number 699-1-7

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of a sign on Kittredge Field, at the University of Colorado Boulder, outlining pandemic guidelines.

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: Sprouts Farmers Market.

Call Number 699-1-8

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of Sprouts Farmers Market at 2525 Arapahoe Ave., in April 2020. As an essential business, Sprouts remained open during the pandemic.

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: McGuckin Hardware.

Call Number 699-1-9

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, taken in April 2020. As an essential business, the store remained open during the pandemic.

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: 29th Street Mall.

Call Number 699-1-10

Date 2020

Contents 2 photographs (digital only).

Description Photographs of 29th Street Mall, taken in April 2020, showing stores closed due to the pandemic.

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: Boulder Bookstore.

Call Number 699-1-11

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl Street, taken in April 2020. Signs on the door note the store is closed, employees being at home per the governor's order.

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: Flagstaff Star.

Call Number 699-1-12

Date 2020

Contents 1 photograph (digital only).

Description Photograph of the Flagstaff star, lit between March 23 and May 31, 2020 "to offer hope and promote community during the coronavirus pandemic." (Daily Camera 5/31/2020)

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