Figger family "Porchtrait" 2020
Collection: 2020 Novel Coronavirus Hesston Family "Porchtraits"
Title
Figger family "Porchtrait" 2020
Subject
COVID-19
Coronavirus infections
Families
People
Description
Baby Richard is seven weeks old in this photo. Heather commented, "He was born the day before all this COVID stuff really started."
In 2019-2020 a novel coronavirus mutated and spread around the world, causing a sometimes deadly disease in humans, commonly termed COVID-19. By early Spring 2020 it had arrived in Kansas, and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly closed school buildings March 17 for the remainder of the academic year, then issued a statewide "Stay Home order" to combat the spread of the disease. For about a month, Kansans were directed to stay at home unless performing a limited number of defined "essential activities." As custodians of Hesston history, the Hesston Public Library joined others in a project to document this unusual time, through informal portraits of families at home. Since part of the order named that outdoor activities with distance between households were still considered safe, many families posed on their front porches, and the mashup term "Porchtraits" was born.
Creator
Weaver, Pam
Publisher
Hesston Public Library, Hesston, Kansas
Date
2020-04-30
Contributor
Figger, Heather
Figger, Bobby
Rights
All rights reserved. This image may not be used or reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. For permission please contact the Hesston Public Library, hplnotifications@gmail.com.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Photographs
Identifier
HPL Covid Porchtraits-84.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-85.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-86.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-87.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-88.jpg
Coverage
Hesston (Kan.)
Kansas
2020s
Citation
Weaver, Pam, “Figger family "Porchtrait" 2020,” Hesston Public Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://hesston.digitalsckls.info/item/1782.
Title
Figger family "Porchtrait" 2020
Subject
COVID-19
Coronavirus infections
Families
People
Description
Baby Richard is seven weeks old in this photo. Heather commented, "He was born the day before all this COVID stuff really started."
In 2019-2020 a novel coronavirus mutated and spread around the world, causing a sometimes deadly disease in humans, commonly termed COVID-19. By early Spring 2020 it had arrived in Kansas, and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly closed school buildings March 17 for the remainder of the academic year, then issued a statewide "Stay Home order" to combat the spread of the disease. For about a month, Kansans were directed to stay at home unless performing a limited number of defined "essential activities." As custodians of Hesston history, the Hesston Public Library joined others in a project to document this unusual time, through informal portraits of families at home. Since part of the order named that outdoor activities with distance between households were still considered safe, many families posed on their front porches, and the mashup term "Porchtraits" was born.
Creator
Weaver, Pam
Publisher
Hesston Public Library, Hesston, Kansas
Date
2020-04-30
Contributor
Figger, Heather
Figger, Bobby
Rights
All rights reserved. This image may not be used or reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. For permission please contact the Hesston Public Library, hplnotifications@gmail.com.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Photographs
Identifier
HPL Covid Porchtraits-84.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-85.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-86.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-87.jpg
HPL Covid Porchtraits-88.jpg
Coverage
Hesston (Kan.)
Kansas
2020s
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