Letter to Miss America (Nicole Johnson) from Child with Type 1 Diabetes
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-written letter sent to Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999, from a child (age 10) with Type 1 diabetes. The letter is decorated with a drawing of Miss America and her crown and scepter. The writer asks Miss America questions about her insulin pump. The letter is hand-written in pencil on lined notebook paper; the sender's address, torn from the envelope, is stapled to the upper right corner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Chula Vista
topic: label: related event
content: Miss America Pageant
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Diabetes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nicole Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0199.02.04
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0199.02.04
label: accession number
content: 2021.0199
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 19.05 cm