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These materials are unprocessed but minimal description completed by donor through file naming.
Collection includes 100 digital photographs of William & Mary's campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as 188 digital photographs of Downtown Williamsburg businesses with posted signs noting COVID-19 closures, remote services, and other operational information. Each business is photographed, with close-ups of the individual signage.
Gift of Tracy Melton
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (WHRA)
See Documenting Life During COVID-19 Collection, MS 00326
This collection contains born-digital photographs.