{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"A cultural exploration of face masks during disease outbreaks","publication_date":"August 21, 2020","summary":"Face masks have become part of our daily lives in a way few would have anticipated only months ago. Yet the coronavirus pandemic is not the first American crisis in which face coverings have played a central role. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is preserving artifacts from this pandemic -- and placing them in historical context. Jeffrey Brown reports.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour, Tommy Walters","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/08\/937d6eac36ae319e6b3988ba97521b07-maskedresistance-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}