Bauwens, Emile

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  • Ideal Photo or Photo Idéal

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Brussels, 1862 - ?, ?

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1906 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Josaphat, 48
° 2.1.1862. Advertisement at this address as "Photo Idéal" (Le Soir, 21.7.1906).
1906 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Chaussée de Haecht, 97
“Photographer of the Senate and of the House of Representatives. Supplier to the Senate and to the Army”. On CAB dated April 1907, "Ideal Photo. Proprietor Emile Bauwens. Director-operator Maurice Stern. Children a speciality". This association must have been brief.
1912 * - 1914 > Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 66
Predecessor: Ketels Jules
Active until around 1920. His successor was Emile Cluytens (see that name), Witte Nonnenstraat, 53, according to Norbert Hostyn. Bauwens fled to Nice [Alpes-Maritimes, F] at the start of World War 1 and opened a studio named "Photo-Belge" there at Rue de France, 39.

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1906 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Josaphat, 48
1906 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Chaussée de Haecht, 97
1912 * - 1914 > Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 66

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DIRECTORY_1997#5093

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SFJ revised 6.2.2017.& 3.11.2018; SFJ revised 10.12.2020 & 17.9.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 4.5.2020, 18.5.2020, 25.8.2020, 3.9.2020, 24.10.2020, 6.4.2021, 18.8.2023 & 29.3.2024

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