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American Tip-Top Photo Cie, The
Identity
Category
Firm
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Activity
1912 - 1913 / Anvers, Rue Nationale, 83
Firm using the same "stickyback" strip-photo technology as the "American Automatic Photo (Company)" (see relevant entry). Advertising here in November 1912, when the firm also listed branches in Twente [NL], Amsterdam [NL], Utrecht [NL] and Rotterdam [NL] (Twentsche Courant (23.11.1912). By July 1913, they were advertising the sale of their "complete installation for American instant photography" for 1300 francs (Het Handelsblad, 15.7.1913).
1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 26
Advertising here in December 1912, when the firm also listed branches in Rotterdam [NL], Amsterdam [NL], Tilburg [NL], Delft [NL], Almelo [NL], Antwerp, London [GB], Köln [D], Berlin [D], Hamburg [D] and New York [US] (Tilburgsche Courant, 14.12.1912).
1914 Namur, Rue de Gravière, 20
Advertising here in January and February 1914. One advertisement claims that the firm had 400 branches worldwide, including in Brussels, Antwerp and Liège (L'Ami de L'Ordre, 1.1.1914). "12 portraits for 50 cents. Railway season tickets... Posing at any time - Electric light" (L'Ami de L'Ordre, 5.2.1914).
Firm using the same "stickyback" strip-photo technology as the "American Automatic Photo (Company)" (see relevant entry). Advertising here in November 1912, when the firm also listed branches in Twente [NL], Amsterdam [NL], Utrecht [NL] and Rotterdam [NL] (Twentsche Courant (23.11.1912). By July 1913, they were advertising the sale of their "complete installation for American instant photography" for 1300 francs (Het Handelsblad, 15.7.1913).
1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 26
Advertising here in December 1912, when the firm also listed branches in Rotterdam [NL], Amsterdam [NL], Tilburg [NL], Delft [NL], Almelo [NL], Antwerp, London [GB], Köln [D], Berlin [D], Hamburg [D] and New York [US] (Tilburgsche Courant, 14.12.1912).
1914 Namur, Rue de Gravière, 20
Advertising here in January and February 1914. One advertisement claims that the firm had 400 branches worldwide, including in Brussels, Antwerp and Liège (L'Ami de L'Ordre, 1.1.1914). "12 portraits for 50 cents. Railway season tickets... Posing at any time - Electric light" (L'Ami de L'Ordre, 5.2.1914).
Locations
1912 - 1913 / Anvers, Rue Nationale, 83
1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 26
1914 Namur, Rue de Gravière, 20
1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 26
1914 Namur, Rue de Gravière, 20
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#2093
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Dates of creation/revision
MD new 28.4.2021; SFJ revised 5.5.2021 based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman; MD revised 20.2.2024 partialy based on information supplied by Dirk Kome & 20.1.2025