Doctor's Bag Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF806757 / Doctor's Bag Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Doctor's bag

Creators

Schell Leather Company

Place of Creation

United States, Ohio, Cincinnati

Location

at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home

Object ID

2023.50.1561

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Cowhide

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 12.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
Length: 17.25 in

Inscriptions

stamp near clip: Patent No. 2293363 / Emdee / by Schell inside tag on bottom: Manufacturers Guarentee / [seal] / This article is covered with Top Grain Cowhide / License No. 300 inside ledge: U.S. Pat. 1985521 underneath right: Schell / Brand / Top Grain / Cowhide underneath left: 5800-38/17

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Medicine (Discipline) Dentistry Doctor's bags Carrying bags Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Jawana V.

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Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
The home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson, originally located in Selma, Alabama, is a Civil Rights Movement landmark. The home served as a refuge where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders worked, collaborated, strategized, and planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. These marches led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.