DIRECTORY_1997#1167 new approved FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen conventionDeclaration ISAAR(CPF): Internationale norm voor archivistische geautoriseerde beschrijvingen van organisaties, personen en families, Antwerpen/Leuven/Amsterdam 2006. detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 created January 2, 2015 9:39:37 AM CET human revised February 9, 2024 8:11:27 PM CET human Person (Male) person De Laetre, Louis conventionDeclaration Professional conventionDeclaration Ghent, 1815 - Ghent, 1897 1861 * - 1862 Gand, Rue Haute, 51 1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68> 1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis 1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73> 1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15 1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7 1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97> Paris, 1867; Ghent, 1877 (carbon prints); Paris, 1878 (reproduction of the van Eycks' Ghent altarpiece).

1861 * - 1862 Gand, Rue Haute, 51 ° 8.1.1815; + 19.12.1897. Painter-decorator and photographer. Spelled "De Lattre" in some advertisements and on death certificate. Advertised his return on 26.4.1861, after living many years in Paris as a painter-decorator and a photographer on glass, paper, and cloth. Painter "in fresco and decoration". 1862 * - 1868 Gand, Passage Vanderdonckt, 40<63-66> or 42<67-68> Successor: Claessens André or Van Alfaene Macaire (at no. 42) Moved to this address on 17.11.1862. "Patented for groups". Patent of 15.2.1863 for "an improvement in the photographic art" [combining portraits or groups as large as can be taken with lenses, and printing them consecutively on paper]. Photo-reportage on the explosion of the Tolhuis mines on 20.5.1864. 1864 ca - 1865 ca Gand, Petite Rue de la Station, 40bis "Patented for groups". At this address photographed members of the Belgian expeditionary corps leaving for Mexico; they left Belgium from October 1864 onwards. 1866 * - 1873 Gand, Rue des Douze Chambres, 9<66> then 15<66-73> Predecessor: Trossaert Bernard Fils On 25.7.1866 he advertised that he had acquired and enlarged the studio at this address (this was Trossaert's studio at no. 9, soon after renumbered 15), while retaining the studio in Passage Vanderdonckt. On 15.11.1868, he applied for his rights to be restored after a bankruptcy on 18.4.1851. 1873 * - 1876 / Gand, Rue Digue de Brabant, 15 Opening announced for 8.4.1873. Name spelled "De Laerte" on some CVs at this address. 1876 * - 1880 Gand, Rue de la Cathédrale, 7 Transfer to this address from the Rue Digue de Brabant advertised in April 1876. 1880 * - 1897 + Gand, Rue Longue des Violettes, 22<80-90> or 21<83-85> then 20<91-97> Successor: De Lattre Juliette Moved to this address on 16.11.1880. Patent of 31.1.1881 for "a system for designing pictures by electric light" [camera fitted with plate holder for pictures]. Several of De Laetre's daughters were also recorded as photographers at this address and must have assisted in their father's studio. Maria Francisca De Lattre (° Ghent, 26.10.1844) was recorded as a photographer in the 1881 and 1891 population registers while her younger sister Mathildis Josepha De Lattre (° Ghent, 16.10.1847; + Melle, 5.1.1918) was recorded as photographer in the 1881 and 1901 population registers. Louis' eventual successor Juliette (see that name) was first recorded as a photographer in the 1891 population register.