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Govaerts, Pierre
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected / Professional
Details
Life dates
Tienen, 1864 - ?, ?
Activity
1895 - 1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Chaussée de Mons, 118<95-99> or 120<01-12>
° 27.1.1864. Cameras and supplies for photographers. He moved to Brussels - Anderlecht in July 1893 and was recorded as a cabinet maker at this address in a patent of 7.1.1897 for "improvements to photographic cameras" [double slide for moving the lens backwards and forwards, double shutter for moving the lens up and down, mobile panel for lateral movement, etc.]; patent of 22.1.1897 for "improvements made to the sliding drawer for facilitating the changing of sensitive plates"; patent of 15.2.1900 for "slotted shutter curtain rapidly adjustable externally without the need to remove any component". Recorded as a camera manufacturer living at this address in August 1905 and as a photographer living in Brussels - Anderlecht in July 1909. A certain P. Govaerts was listed under photographic supplies for camera repairs in Brussels - Laeken, Rue Médori, 54 from 1923 and for the rest of the interwar period.
° 27.1.1864. Cameras and supplies for photographers. He moved to Brussels - Anderlecht in July 1893 and was recorded as a cabinet maker at this address in a patent of 7.1.1897 for "improvements to photographic cameras" [double slide for moving the lens backwards and forwards, double shutter for moving the lens up and down, mobile panel for lateral movement, etc.]; patent of 22.1.1897 for "improvements made to the sliding drawer for facilitating the changing of sensitive plates"; patent of 15.2.1900 for "slotted shutter curtain rapidly adjustable externally without the need to remove any component". Recorded as a camera manufacturer living at this address in August 1905 and as a photographer living in Brussels - Anderlecht in July 1909. A certain P. Govaerts was listed under photographic supplies for camera repairs in Brussels - Laeken, Rue Médori, 54 from 1923 and for the rest of the interwar period.
Locations
1895 - 1912 Bruxelles - Anderlecht, Chaussée de Mons, 118<95-99> or 120<01-12>
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1974
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 30.1.2018 & 29.11.2018 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.5.2023 & 23.5.2023; SFJ revised 16.3.2024 based on information supplied by Pool Andries