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
Place of Creation
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
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