Photograph portrait of General Colin L. Powell as a child

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An albumen print photograph of General Colin L. Powell as a child, captured in Bronx, New York, by Litman’s Studio, 1942. In this sepia tone photograph, a young Colin Powell at or around age five (5) poses in front of a plain photo backdrop. He wears a tweed shorts suit, white shirt, necktie, knee-high socks, and leather loafers. He stands close to a prop table which is waist-high and holds open a paper document while looking at the photographer. The photograph is mounted to its original white mat housing which features a decorative double border and the Litman’s Studio mark and address at the bottom center in black text: [Litman’s Studio / 1067 SO. BOULEVARD / BRONX, N.Y.]. The mount folds in on itself like an envelope to protect the photograph and a white label with black text is adhered to its bottom: [#206327 / Handle with Extreme / care!].

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