About This Item

  • TitleReception in Breukelen
  • Call NumberDEPT_0169
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Reception in Breukelen--Arriving in the little Dutch town by auto from The Hague, Maj. Benjamin Namm is welcomed by Burgomaster Byleveld. Beside the major is Assistant Minister of Agriculture Van der lee, who accompanied him from The Hague." Namm was the president of A. I. Namm & Son department store located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: May 29, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectExecutives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationBreukelen (Utrecht, Netherlands)
  • 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.