Wagon from America’s Promise Alliance owned by General Colin L. Powell: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An America's Promise wagon owned by General Colin L. Powell, founding chairman of America’s Promise Alliance. The child's red steel wagon has an all-red bed and undercarriage, long black handle, and four rubber black-and-white tires with red bearing covers. The wagon has the words "AMERICA’S PROMISE" painted in white on its side.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1997-2021
• Created by: America's Promise Alliance, American, founded 1997
• Owned by: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
• Subject of: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
• Type: wagons
• Medium: steel with paint and rubber
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 38 9/16 × 17 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (98 × 44.1 × 10.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: A2022.101.1.41
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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