Tie Fighter

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Front of Tiefighter Toy
Back of Tiefighter Toy

Object Details

Description

Action figure owned by David Vetter (1971-1984), an American boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a hereditary disease that dramatically weakens the immune system.

Ref: Clyde Haberman, “‘Boy in the Bubble’ Moved in a World He Couldn’t Touch,” New York Times (Dec. 9, 2015), p. A28.

“William Shearer, Doctor to Immunity Lacking Boy in a Bubble, Dies at 81,” New York Times (Oct. 19, 2018), p. A33.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Carol Ann and David J. Vetter, Jr.

ID Number

1986.0201.03

accession number

1986.0201

Object Name

Toy

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-c7f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_875004