Photograph portrait of Colin L. Powell with wife and children
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Alma J. Powell, American, 1937 - 2024
label: Subject of
content: Linda Margaret Powell, American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Michael Kevin Powell, American, born 1963
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 with Powell is his wife, Alma, his son, Michael, and his daughter, Linda. Powell and Alma married in 1962, shortly before he deployed to Vietnam. Michael was born in 1963 while Powell was stationed in Vietnam, and Linda was born in 1965 when the family was stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white print photograph portrait of Colin L. Powell with his family. This photograph captures the young Powell family formally posing in front of a plain backdrop. Powell’s wife Alma, wearing a long sleeve round-neck top, holds their toddler daughter Linda, who is dressed in a short sleeve dress. Powell wears a dark blazer, dark necktie, and white shirt. His son Michael is dressed in a checkered blazer, white shirt, and dark bowtie. On the reverse of the photograph, inscribed in graphite, is “G28”.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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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: A2022.101.1.22
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white prints
label: Type
content: photographic prints
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: 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (6.4 × 8.9 cm)