T-shirt: "T1D" Type 1 Diabetes
Object Details
- Marie, Kaitlin
- Description
- Black cotton t-shirt, size small. "T1D" printed in white on front left breast. Back features a graphic designed by the donor, Kaitlin Marie. The blue circle is the symbol for diabetes; the small stick figures in a ring around the circle represent the number of people diagnosed with diabetes every day. A white caduceus medical symbol is in the center with a drop of red blood at the bottom (representing the blood drops used for testing blood glucose). "Gildan Ultra Cotton" brand name on neck tag. Kaitlin Marie, who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 2, designed the T-shirt during her senior year of high school and sold them to raise money for diabetes research.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kaitlin Marie and Janet Katherine
- delete
- 2014-1015
- ID Number
- 2017.0192.15
- accession number
- 2017.0192
- catalog number
- 2017.0192.15
- Object Name
- t-shirt
- Physical Description
- cotton knit fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (flat, unfolded): 26 in x 27 in; 66.04 cm x 68.58 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1923458
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-cba2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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