In addition to diaries, we are collecting photographs of the Pandemic for our Document Your Story: COVID-19 Project. Photographs capture events, places, people, and objects in the moment and provide vital historical information just like diaries, letters, and other documents. Today our cellphones allow us to easily capture images as we travel our neighborhoods, visit stores, or walk in the park.
Below are galleries of photographs taken by SC&A archivists Lisa Rickey, Bill Stolz, and Toni Vanden Bos documenting life in the Miami Valley during the last month.
Sidewalk Art, March 25 
Miamisburg Kroger toilet paper aisle, March 10 
Playground in West Carrollton, April 22 
Park Shelter, April 22
Photographs are powerful storytelling tools and help share what we are witnessing here in the Miami Valley during the Pandemic.
Gas prices in Beavercreek Twp. April 2020 
Sign on Dunbar Library Door 
Food Bank traffic, WSU Nutter Center, April 21 
Beavercreek Township 
Trinity Senior Living Community 
Shelf with high demand sign, Meijer in Beavercreek
Be sure to take photos of what you see while you walk, shop, travel, or work and record the date and location. All of our photographs will be provide important information to the future generations that study the Pandemic.
Masks hanging by the garage door, Apr. 11 
Meijer, Huber Heights, April 19 
Huber Heights Meijer Aisle, April 19 
ClickList pickup line, Fairborn Kroger, April 9, 6:47 p.m. 
Line at Lowe’s in Fairborn, April 11
If you are interested in donating photographs or other materials documenting your experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic, please contact the SC&A staff at [email protected] or visit our project page for more information.