Tooth Themed Wall Clock Used in Dr. Sullivan Jackson's Dental Office, Selma, Alabama

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Artifact Overview

Dr. Sullivan Jackson practiced dentistry for forty years in Selma, Alabama. He moved to Selma after graduating from Meharry Medical College, a prestigious Black medical school in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1952. Jackson became an active member of the Selma community. This tooth-shaped clock adorned a wall of his dental office in the years before his retirement in the early 1990s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Wall clock

Date Made

circa 1980

Creators

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.1027

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Plastic

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 15 in
Width: 10 in
Length: 2.25 in

Inscriptions

clock center: DC Originals / [Dentistry symbol] / Dentristry backside clock mechanism: Tochigi Tokei Co. Ltd. / No (0) jewels / unadjusted / Pat. Pend. / Quartz backside lower taped-on label: 11-30-88 = new battery / 4-15-98
Tooth Themed Wall Clock Used in Dr. Sullivan Jackson's Dental Office, Selma, Alabama