Framed photograph of Alma, Annemarie, Michael, and Linda Powell
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1987
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Alma J. Powell, American, 1937 - 2024
label: Subject of
content: Michael Kevin Powell, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Linda Margaret Powell, American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Annemarie Powell, American, born 1971
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: General Powell kept this photograph on his desk in the study of his home in McLean, Virginia. Pictured are Powell's wife, Alma, and his three children, Annemarie (left), Michael (center), and Linda (right). In his autobiography, Powell describes this photograph as depicting "the most important people in my life."
label: Description
content: A framed black-and-white photograph of General Colin L. Powell's wife and children, Alma, Michael, Linda, and Annemarie Powell, ca. 1987. This photograph (a) captures a moment with the Powell family, smiling as they pose together in their home. The three children (left to right) Annamarie, Michael, and Linda, sit and stand around the high-backed chair on which their mother Alma sits. Alma wears a dark long sleeve top, earring, wristwatch, and brooch. Annemarie, sitting on the proper right arm of the chair, wears a bright knit three-quarter length top and bright bottoms. Michael wears a highly pattered sweater featuring large snowflakes. Linda wears earrings, a bright long sleeve shirts with dark scarf around her neck, and dark bottoms. There are bangles and a wristwatch on her proper left arm. There are no markings on the reverse of the photograph. On the reverse of the bright brown wooden frame (b), adhered to the bottom of the black backing, are two white labels with black text. The round label reads: [HANDCRAFTED / IN THAILAND / Fretco]. The second label features the numbers “7264”.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.23ab
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) ink on photographic paper
label: Medium
content: (b) wood and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 11 × 9 × 1 in. (27.9 × 22.9 × 2.5 cm)