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Notice on the door of the Manchester Lakes Barber Shop in the Festival at Manchester Lakes shopping center in Franconia, Virginia, informing patrons about measures taken ostensibly to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Note that this establishment not only requires that patrons wear masks, but it also requires that they wear gloves.

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Monster in wheelchair

Woman walking through Dupont Circle

Woman waiting at Ballston-MU station

Traffic signal in Scott Circle

Handrail on Washington Metro car 3254

Woman in Lafayette Square

Reading a book in Dupont Circle

Cindy Sheehan outside of the White House

"Who you callin' a terrorist?"

"DO NOT TAKE DOWN!"

Going up the escalator at Metro Center [02]

Going up the escalator at Metro Center [01]

March on Crystal City [07]

Anonymous Ideal Org raid [26]

March for America [06]

March for America [05]

Woman sending a text message

Grasshopper in hand

Man receives a hand massage

Woman receives a head massage

Anti-War Anniversary March [02]

Funnel cake [01]

Funnel cake [02]

Scan It kiosk at Giant Food

Traffic light at Main Street and Dover Road

Pedestrian signal at 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE

Sign about stairs at Olney Indoor Swim Center

Please, no dogs

Bas-relief panels at FDR Memorial

Wrinkled hands following tubing adventure

Warning sign for hand-carved steps

Hand-carved steps

Wrigley Building [01]

Wrigley Building [02]

Silver Spring Zombie Walk 2013 [05]

Note found in Staunton parking lot

Hand stained yellow

Plungefest 2014 [67]

Peace sign on a bridge pier

Bridge to Johnson Street parking garage

Former Macy's at Regency Square

Man making "OK" sign

Mrs. Pennypacker and Muffy Mouse

Muffy Mouse [02]

Mrs. Pennypacker

Dr. Beryl Freud

Muffy Mouse [01]

Habitat for Humanity ReStore [02]

Habitat for Humanity ReStore [01]

Abandoned Days Inn near Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania [02]

Pandemic-related signage at Target [01]

Hygiene signage at Walmart

Evan Stone lines up a photograph [01]

Evan Stone lines up a photograph [02]

Evan Stone reviews a photo

Skeleton at Nightmare Mansion [01]

Skeleton at Nightmare Mansion [02]

"Don't Shut Door Ever"

No hand sanitizer on the PIN pad

Business reopening requirements sign

Please do not sit on the furniture

Hand sanitizer at Germantown Target

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [06]

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [05]

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [04]

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [03]

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [02]

Steamer trunk at Habitat ReStore [01]

Welcome back to Pentagon Centre

Faber hand sanitizer

Hand sanitizer station on the Downtown Mall [01]

Hand sanitizer station on the Downtown Mall [02]

Men's restroom at Mason Dixon Welcome Center [02]

UV sanitizing device on an escalator handrail

Sink at South Mountain rest area

Samantha's Hair Dos and Don'ts

Unsafe sign on an escalator

COVID sign at Staunton Mall

Former Wills store space

Big Dipper Ice Cream [02]

Big Dipper Ice Cream [01]

Staunton Mall Belk wing entrance

Secondhand Options

"The hand scanner, it's not working"

"Please discard your trash to the trash cans outside"

"No refrigerated items in this room"

Help keep the restroom clean

Pandemic-related signage at Target [06]

"Kindly ask your barista for straws or sugar to avoid cross contamination."

"Don't turn on this heater"

Hand sanitizer and COVID sign at Wegmans

"Protection kits" at Acme

Dining room closed at Louie's Pizza

Bench at the Michael J. Doyle Fishing Pier

Cushwa Brewing Company

Field of cotton in Goldsboro, North Carolina [14]

Elevator out of order

Carnival at Lawson Creek Park [11]

Carnival at Lawson Creek Park [12]

"For entry, contact Wardroom office"

Milk dispenser on USS Wisconsin

Urinal at Taco Bell in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Night Dreams in Tysons Corner

Wooden hand giving an obscene gesture

"Is there a microchip in my scalp?"

Long bananas at Tazza Caffe

"Sink out of order"

Sign advising not to let the elevator door slam

Hand sanitizer station at Dick's Sporting Goods

Elevator sign at 6320 Augusta Drive

COVID-19 notice at Manchester Lakes Barker Shop

Elyse plays a round of Galaga

Pink foaming skin cleanser

Broccoli floret

Fingers on my left hand

"This bin isn't for trash" [01]

"This bin isn't for trash" [02]

"This bin isn't for trash" [03]

"Be the reason someone smiles today" [01]

"Be the reason someone smiles today" [02]

Sandwich from Duchess

"Federal" graffiti on a Metro railcar

Clear foaming skin cleanser

Elevator call buttons at Petersburg Habitat for Humanity ReStore

Confederate Breastworks sign

Striped cloth on the ground

Perfect Truffle is unexpectedly closed

Out-of-order urinal

"Your Country Neighbor, 1989"

Differently-sized grapes

"JESUS LOVES YOU" in chalk at Sheetz

Elyse holds up a large ginger root

Green Earth foaming skin cleanser

Shopping list on a notepad

"Do not empty tea urns in this sink!!"

"Every day is a bonus"

Bush’s Visitor Center [16]

Bush’s Visitor Center [17]

Elyse photographs a falcon decoy at Reston Town Center station

Betco Clario Foaming Anti‑Bacterial Skin Cleanser at Best Buy in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Message about removal of a microwave at New Carrollton

Curved bottle of hand sanitizer [01]

Curved bottle of hand sanitizer [02]

Shopping list at Walmart

"Restroom close for cleaning"

Cart machine out of order

Spartan foamyiQ Cranberry Ice foaming handwash dispenser

Elyse rubs her eyes

Graffiti at former power plant in Richmond [02]

Graffiti at former power plant in Richmond [01]

Clock on Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Clock on top of an information kiosk at Grand Central Terminal [01]

Clock on top of an information kiosk at Grand Central Terminal [03]

Clock on top of an information kiosk at Grand Central Terminal [02]

Elyse holds up a model bus

Elyse holds a tiny bottle of Coke Zero [02]

Elyse holds a tiny bottle of Coke Zero [01]

Sam Crenshaw and Muffy Mouse at the Canadian Museum of History [02]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [05]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [10]

Muffy Mouse at the Canadian Museum of History [02]

Muffy Mouse at the Canadian Museum of History [03]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [09]

Mokey from Fraggle Rock

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [07]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [04]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [02]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [06]

Sam Crenshaw and Muffy Mouse at the Canadian Museum of History [01]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [01]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [03]

Sam Crenshaw at the Canadian Museum of History [08]

Muffy Mouse at the Canadian Museum of History [01]

Pause 10 minutes

Pedestrian signal call sensor at Metcalfe and Nepean Streets [01]

Pedestrian signal call sensor at Metcalfe and Nepean Streets [02]

Print button is broken

Canadian Tire in Gatineau, Quebec [11]

Canadian Tire in Gatineau, Quebec [03]

Canadian Tire in Gatineau, Quebec [10]

Rest area and welcome center in Great Bend, Pennsylvania [05]

Rest area and welcome center in Great Bend, Pennsylvania [04]

Diesel down for maintenance

Call for management for large bills

Elyse and I photograph each other

Elevator note at the Dakota

Signage from the Boulevard at the Capital Centre at Black Dog Salvage [03]

Signage from the Boulevard at the Capital Centre at Black Dog Salvage [02]

Signage from the Boulevard at the Capital Centre at Black Dog Salvage [01]

Decorated road sign at Black Dog Salvage

Wooden Western Sizzlin sign at Black Dog Salvage

Old Navy Kids sign at Black Dog Salvage

Old Navy item of the week sign at Black Dog Salvage

at Black Dog Salvage

Black Dog Salvage

"Electronics is closed"

Security notice at Theatrics Plus

Elyse makes a sock puppet

Elyse holds up a sock puppet

"Date night with happy ending"

Posable hand giving the middle finger

Sign on GoLo gas station restroom door

Pandemic-era sign at 7355 State Road

Tunnel graffiti between City Hall and Brooklyn Bridge stations

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Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: All Rights Reserved

Created on: Thursday 3 February 2022

Dimensions: 2992*4000

Albums: Photos by date / 2022
Photos by location / Virginia / Fairfax County / Springfield
Photos by subject / COVID-19 pandemic

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