Benne, Jules Joseph

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Person (Male)

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  • Professional / Connected

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Life dates

Braine-le-Comte, 1879 - ?, ?

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1905 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 161
Jules Joseph Ghislain, ° 6.9.1879. Photogravure and industrial photography.
1905 * - 1908 Bruxelles, Rue Joseph Stevens, 35
Had opened by the end of 1905. Recorded as a photographer at this address in the Brussels population register. Cameras and photographic supplies. "Special studio for industrial work" [Mertens, 1907]. His sisters Marie and Mathilde were also recorded at this address as labouring photographers and would later operate for themselves as Benne Soeurs (see that name).
1909 - 1911 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue du Roi, 57
Camera manufacturing and industrial photography. "Special cameras in brass, steel and teak for the Congo and colonies" [Mertens, 1909].
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Forest, Rue de Monténegro, 109
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue de Prague, 29
"Benne Soeurs, industrial photography" (Le Soir, 7.1.1912). The Benne firm remained active at this address until November 1930 when it transferred to Rue Dethy, 51 (Le Soir, 5.11.1930).
1914 Bruxelles, Place Fontainas, 24
Photographic supplies. Also listed as "Benne, J.-D." at this address. Traded in Brussels, Passage du Nord, 25 in the interwar period. Founding secretary of the "Fédération Générale de Belgique des Négociants en Articles Photographiques et Cinématographiques" in 1930.

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1905 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Rue Brogniez, 161
1905 * - 1908 Bruxelles, Rue Joseph Stevens, 35
1909 - 1911 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue du Roi, 57
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Forest, Rue de Monténegro, 109
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue de Prague, 29
1914 Bruxelles, Place Fontainas, 24

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DIRECTORY_1997#197

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SFJ revised 24.2.2018; MCC revised 30.11.2018; SFJ revised 4.6.2019; SFJ revised 22.1.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 16.10.2020 & 12.3.2021; MD revised 4.4.2022 and merged with with entry 2017#0815 ("Benne, J.-D."); SFJ revised 10.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries

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