About This Item

  • TitleMajor to major
  • Call NumberDEPT_0168
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Major to major--Major Benjamin H. Namm, right, president of Namm Loeser's Inc., is briefed by his pilot, Major R. D. Williams, prior to taking off in Air Force T-33, a 600-mile-per-hour jet aircraft. Namm was one of 70 business and professional leaders who visited Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to participate in Joint Civilian Orientation Conference sponsored by Defense Department." A. I. Namm & Son department store was located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 3, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir pilots -- Florida ; Executives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Jet planes -- Florida
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationEglin Air Force Base (Fla.)
  • 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.