About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0910
  • TitleAimee Square
  • SummaryCaption: "Mayor Wagner designated as Lieut. Kenneth E. Aimee Square the area bounded by Nostrant [sic] Avenue, Madison Place and Avenue P, Brooklyn, in memory of the 23-year-old jet pilot who was killed in a plane crash on July 8, 1954. Kenneth was following the trail blazed by his father, Assistant Sanitation Commissioner Joseph M. Aimee Sr., of 1621 East 29th Street, Brooklyn, a World War I pilot, and his older brother, Joseph Jr., a pilot in World War 2. Looking on as Mayor Wagner signs the law are (L to R): Commissioner Aimee, Joseph Aimee Jr., Mrs. Aimee Sr. and Miss Inez Aimee."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 22, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectWagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 ; Air pilots ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Flatlands: Aimee Square