| Title: | Major to major |
| Description: | Caption: "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. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Eglin Air Force Base (Fla.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 3, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Department Stores [3]
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| Subject: |
Air pilots [4] Executives [5] Jet planes [6] |
| 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 0168 |