Tshirt, Adapt or Perish

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Anvil Knitwear
Description (Brief)
Anna Stonum, an artist and disability rights activist from Chicago, designed this T-Shirt. Stonum, who died in 1999, humorously depicted evolution as progressing from the ape to the wheelchair-user.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mike Ervin
n.d.
ID Number
2010.0211.01
accession number
2010.0211
catalog number
2010.0211.01
Object Name
t-shirt
disability awareness
Physical Description
cotton (overall material)
Measurements
overall, as folded: 3/4 in x 12 in x 10 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 30.48 cm x 26.67 cm
overall: 29 in x 33 1/4 in x 1/16 in; 73.66 cm x 84.455 cm x .15875 cm
place made
United States
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Disabilities
National Museum of American History
Subject
Disabilities
Record ID
nmah_1396528
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4e05-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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