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Thu 23/06/2005 18:16 All the shops will be closed over the midsummer holiday, as the city quickly empties...
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Markerfield. A handwritten marker script with a real squeaky texture. OpenType ligatures help create a more convincing hand written look.
In this case a token machine has a scribbled piece of paper taped to to it that indicates it needs repairing. It is a problem for the TTC to continually use unofficial hand scrawled notices as it does not appear to be authoritative.
Handwritten on slide: "Frank & Kids"; stamped "Oct 59." Frank Pfister holding Rosie(?); Susie and Mike. (Kodachrome slide.)
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“Notes for further copy: Operator can dial out quantities of light as subtly as a violinist feels out timbre or a singer gives forth overtones. Breathing, pulsing of light- lambert, “[unclear].” Doesn’t take much rheostatic power to play with one candle power of light. 267 least visible increments.
Amongst the books strewn in the classrooms were jotters, I leafed through this - written over 23 years ago - a strange sensation. I wonder what happened to the child who wrote this, their family, and the other children who studied here. Where are they now? Did they suffer long term illness such as cancer as a result of that day? These are questions you ask yourself, but you'll never know the answer to.
What we do know is that at least a hundred, and probably hundreds more citizens of Pripyat got radiation-related illnesses. It's hard to exactly quantify the toll because of the scale of evacuation and secrecy from the government of the time. The Soviet government could have evacuated them immediately but held off for over 36 hours whilst they evaluated the situation. The web is dotted with stories of people who were evacuated on that day and how it affected their lives. Uprooted from their homes and never able to return. The kids from this school must be in their early 40's now.
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The typography of the characters is in bold and drawn in with a black shadow. The board that the message is written on is the back of a commercially sold sign - the embossed characters are visible from he shadows they create. Attachment to the witches hat is temporary as it is only hung with string.