Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Collection: 2020 Novel Coronavirus Hesston Family "Porchtraits"
Title
Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Subject
COVID-19
Coronavirus infections
Families
People
Description
The Reimers shared, "Sheltering in place has been a positive experience for us in our family of six. We have appreciated living in a multi-generational household. Grandma and Grandpa, Paul and Sharon Reimer, have stayed at home or taken walks close to home most of the time. Mom and Dad, Johann and Laura Reimer, have continued to work their essential jobs. Luka is in first grade and does school online every day, continues his piano lessons online and reads a lot. Anika, 4, enjoys school with Luka, playing outside, and tending our flock of chickens. All of us garden together, play games, walk and bike, the kids even scooter and skateboard. The children have invented a way of playing PIG with neighbors across the street. They each have their own basketball and hoop, and take turns shooting one after the other. When they are done they give air high fives!"
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
Miller, Emily
Publisher
Hesston Public Library, Hesston, Kansas
Date
2020-05-01
Contributor
Reimer, Laura
Reimer, Johann
Reimer, Paul
Reimer, Sharon
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
Porchtrait_2661a.jpg
Coverage
Hesston (Kan.)
Kansas
2020s
Citation
Miller, Emily, “Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020,” Hesston Public Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://hesston.digitalsckls.info/item/1794.
Title
Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Subject
COVID-19
Coronavirus infections
Families
People
Description
The Reimers shared, "Sheltering in place has been a positive experience for us in our family of six. We have appreciated living in a multi-generational household. Grandma and Grandpa, Paul and Sharon Reimer, have stayed at home or taken walks close to home most of the time. Mom and Dad, Johann and Laura Reimer, have continued to work their essential jobs. Luka is in first grade and does school online every day, continues his piano lessons online and reads a lot. Anika, 4, enjoys school with Luka, playing outside, and tending our flock of chickens. All of us garden together, play games, walk and bike, the kids even scooter and skateboard. The children have invented a way of playing PIG with neighbors across the street. They each have their own basketball and hoop, and take turns shooting one after the other. When they are done they give air high fives!"
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
Miller, Emily
Publisher
Hesston Public Library, Hesston, Kansas
Date
2020-05-01
Contributor
Reimer, Laura
Reimer, Johann
Reimer, Paul
Reimer, Sharon
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
Porchtrait_2661a.jpg
Coverage
Hesston (Kan.)
Kansas
2020s
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