Printed: 2025-07-07
Bridelance, Théophile
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Centrale (in Lessines)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Le Cateau [Nord, F], 1855 - ?, ?
Activity
1891 Mouscron, Rue de la Station
Théophile Casimir, ° 7.2.1855. Operated for a couple of decades, with periods as a semi-itinerant, in small towns on both sides of the Belgo-French border within the province of Hainaut and the Nord department. When a man named J.-B. Charles was arrested in April 1891, he was apparently travelling for Bridelance, who was recorded as a photographer at this address (La Nation, 28.4.1891). Bridelance had previously been recorded as a photographer in Le Cateau [Nord, F] from at least 1876 until 1882. Subsequently operating in Le Quesnoy [Nord, F], Place Saint-Michel under the trade name "Grande Photographie Moderne" in the later 1880s and in Bavay [Nord, F], Rue des Juifs, c. 1890. Also listed as a photographer in Tourcoing [Nord, F], Rue de la Gare, 16 in 1891.
1893 ca Lessines, Rue de la Halle, 24
1895 ca Binche, Rue Neuve de la Station, 77
Arrived from Lessines in October 1893 and lived at Rue de Merbes, 51.
1895 ca Renaix
CV with his name ink stamped on the back.
1906 ca - 1908 ca Binche, Grand'Rue, 63
Recorded as a photographer in Hautmont [Nord, F] in 1906. Bridelance continued to operate in Binche, possibly in partnership with his son Fernand (see that name). He published picture postcards during World War I. He left Binche for Maurage in July 1919.
Théophile Casimir, ° 7.2.1855. Operated for a couple of decades, with periods as a semi-itinerant, in small towns on both sides of the Belgo-French border within the province of Hainaut and the Nord department. When a man named J.-B. Charles was arrested in April 1891, he was apparently travelling for Bridelance, who was recorded as a photographer at this address (La Nation, 28.4.1891). Bridelance had previously been recorded as a photographer in Le Cateau [Nord, F] from at least 1876 until 1882. Subsequently operating in Le Quesnoy [Nord, F], Place Saint-Michel under the trade name "Grande Photographie Moderne" in the later 1880s and in Bavay [Nord, F], Rue des Juifs, c. 1890. Also listed as a photographer in Tourcoing [Nord, F], Rue de la Gare, 16 in 1891.
1893 ca Lessines, Rue de la Halle, 24
1895 ca Binche, Rue Neuve de la Station, 77
Arrived from Lessines in October 1893 and lived at Rue de Merbes, 51.
1895 ca Renaix
CV with his name ink stamped on the back.
1906 ca - 1908 ca Binche, Grand'Rue, 63
Recorded as a photographer in Hautmont [Nord, F] in 1906. Bridelance continued to operate in Binche, possibly in partnership with his son Fernand (see that name). He published picture postcards during World War I. He left Binche for Maurage in July 1919.
Locations
1891 Mouscron, Rue de la Station
1893 ca Lessines, Rue de la Halle, 24
1895 ca Binche, Rue Neuve de la Station, 77
1895 ca Renaix
1906 ca - 1908 ca Binche, Grand'Rue, 63
1893 ca Lessines, Rue de la Halle, 24
1895 ca Binche, Rue Neuve de la Station, 77
1895 ca Renaix
1906 ca - 1908 ca Binche, Grand'Rue, 63
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Genres / subject matter
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#466
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ / M. Demaeght revised 27.11.2018, partly based on blog:
http://tavaubinche.blogspot.com/2017/01/si-lon-parlait-desphotographes-binchois.html; MD revised 24.4.2023 & 25.4.2023; SFJ revised 21.6.2025 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght
http://tavaubinche.blogspot.com/2017/01/si-lon-parlait-desphotographes-binchois.html; MD revised 24.4.2023 & 25.4.2023; SFJ revised 21.6.2025 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght