Object Details
- 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).
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
- Owned by
- General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
- Date
- after 1955
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
- 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)
- Type
- frames (furnishings)
- color photographs
- photographs
