About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0162
  • TitleDistinguished citizen honored
  • SummaryCaption: "Distinguished citizen honored--[Henry J.] Davenport, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Asso[cia]tion (left) gives the association's 1947 Gold Medal [to] Major Benjamin H. Namm as William Reid, chairman [of] the board of Transportation, looks on." Namm was the president of A. I. Namm & Son department store located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The image is not dated.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAwards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Executives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Department stores: Namm, A. I. & Son: Namm, Benjamin H., Major