Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

General Powell, Colin L., American, 1937 - 2021

Owned by

General Powell, Colin L., American, 1937 - 2021

Date

after 1955

Medium

(a) ink on photographic paper

(b) wood , glass and cardboard

Dimensions

H x W (image): 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.9 × 23 cm)

H x W x D: 11 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (29.8 × 34.9 × 3.8 cm)

Caption

This is a photograph of Colin Powell's childhood home in Queens, New York. Powell wrote in his autobiography that his father and aunt managed to scrape together $25 to bet on a numbers game and won $10,000. "And that was how the Powells managed to buy 183-68 Elmira Avenue, in the community of Hollis in the borough of Queens -- for $17,500. ... Pop was now a property holder, eager to mow his postage-stamp lawn and prune his fruit trees. Luther Powell had joined the gentry" (My American Journey, 30-31). General Powell kept this photograph on his desk in the study of his residence in McLean, Virginia.

Description

A framed color photograph of General Colin L. Powell's family home, Queens, New York. This photograph captures General Powell’s family home on Elmira Avenue in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens. The brick and stone bungalow has a-frame roofing, front picture window, front door, and brick steps, with small bushes in front. A long antenna stands up out from the back roof. The photograph (a) is housed in a yellow-brown wood frame (b).

Place captured

Hollis, New York City, Queens County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Type

frames (furnishings)

color photographs

photographs

Topic

Domestic life

Families

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell

Object number

A2022.101.1.21ab

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown – Restrictions Possible

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GUID

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