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Delarocca, Nicolas Joseph
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Person (Male)
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Life dates
Brussels, 1801 - ?, ?
Activity
1855 Bruxelles, Rue de l'Ecuyer, 57
° 21.5.1801. Hatmaker. Invented an application of photography to millinery and acquired a patent "for the production of photographic hats" to take effect on 27.4.1855. "One of Monsieur Delarocca's hats is simultaneously a portrait. You pay for the hat and receive a portrait [...] at no extra cost. The purchaser's photographed portrait is immediately placed in his headwear surrounded by a handsome medallion frame" (Le Courrier de l'Escaut, 6.5.1855).
° 21.5.1801. Hatmaker. Invented an application of photography to millinery and acquired a patent "for the production of photographic hats" to take effect on 27.4.1855. "One of Monsieur Delarocca's hats is simultaneously a portrait. You pay for the hat and receive a portrait [...] at no extra cost. The purchaser's photographed portrait is immediately placed in his headwear surrounded by a handsome medallion frame" (Le Courrier de l'Escaut, 6.5.1855).
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1855 Bruxelles, Rue de l'Ecuyer, 57
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1012
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Dates of creation/revision
MCC new 13.12.2018; MD revised 26.5.2020