Photograph of General Colin L. Powell's family home in Queens, New York
date: label: Date
content: after 1955
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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: label: Place captured
content: Hollis, New York City, Queens County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: A2022.101.1.21ab
objectType: label: Type
content: frames (furnishings)
label: Type
content: color photographs
label: Type
content: photographs
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 , glass and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.9 × 23 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (29.8 × 34.9 × 3.8 cm)