Anneliese, Daughter of Kirsten Hilleman, Receiving Hepatitis B Vaccination

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Anneliese, Daughter of Kirsten Hilleman, Receiving Hepatitis B Vaccination

Description (Brief):

A print of a March 1999 photograph documenting Dr. Michael Traister inoculating Anneliese, the daughter of Kirsten Hilleman, against hepatitis B. Dr. Maurice Hilleman, Anneliese's grandfather, looks on. The vaccine that Anneliese received was developed by Dr. Maurice Hilleman at Merck Sharpe & Dohme.

Date Made: ca 1999

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, The Antibody Initiative, Health & Medicine, Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

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Credit Line: Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2017.3081.06Catalog Number: 2017.3081.06Nonaccession Number: 2017.3081

Object Name: photograph, vaccination, hepatitis b

Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in; 13.97 cm x 18.7325 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-d67e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1876970

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