Distinguished citizen honored

Distinguished citizen honored
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Title: Distinguished citizen honored
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Caption: "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-?]
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Department Stores
Subject: Awards
Executives
Municipal officials and employees
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: DEPT 0162