- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Houston, Charles Hamilton Jr., American, 1940 - 2018
- Manufactured by
- Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
- Owned by
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (8.4 × 8.3 cm)
- Description
- Photograph of Charles H. Houston, Jr. as a child on a tricycle outside a home on New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Houston is smiling and wearing an open jacket, with vertical lines in light and dark, over a collared shirt. He is wearing black and white oxfords with striped socks. His proper left leg rests on the front pedal. Houston is riding his tricycle on the sidewalk in front of a line of the front yards of row homes. The photograph has a white border. The back of the photograph has the word [VELOX] repeating in three diagonal lines from top left to bottom right. At the top printed in black ink is the text, [B69046].
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic life
- Families
- Local and regional
- Play
- Recreation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




