Satchel Used by Charles E. Qualls
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
notes: label: Caption
content: This brown leather satchel with a brass lock belonged to Charles E. Qualls (1912-1984), a pharmacist and civic leader in Anacostia, a neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C. “Doc Qualls” advocated ardently for Anacostia, though he was not a resident. For example, he helped to establish the Anacostia Business and Professional Association in 1949. He campaigned for community health initiatives like southeast Washington’s first hospital, which opened in 1966. A founding member of the Anacostia Historical Society, he successfully petitioned the National Park Service to preserve Frederick Douglass’s Anacostia home, Cedar Hill. This sturdy briefcase might have held his papers as he traveled to and from Anacostia.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1990.0033.0107
objectType: label: Type
content: bag
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 11 9/16 × 14 3/16 × 7/8 in. (29.3 × 36 × 2.2 cm)