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Month: May 2022

COVID-19 Cases in Harford County Compared to Flu Pandemic of 1918-19

Posted on May 31, 2022July 18, 2022 by Mike

Since the nation crossed a grim milestone of one million covid deaths on May 17, 2022, I have been examining how the toll from this pandemic compares to the influenza outbreak of 1918-19 in Harford County.((Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press, US Deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in)) COVID-19 According…

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Digitizing Thousands of 35mm Slides for a Museum

Posted on May 7, 2022June 12, 2023 by Mike

As part of an initiative to preserve the visual history of Singerly Fire Company, I have been working with the department’s museum and archive committee to digitize the Bob Norman Collection. This sizable resource, containing over a half-century of fire service images, was added to the institutional repository by the company’s official fire photographer. Fire…

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