Printed: 2024-04-20
Jacoby, Louis
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photo Américaine
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Ghent, 1880 - ?, ?
Activity
1912 ca Gand, Foire
Levi, also known as Louis, ° 10.10.1880. Second-generation fairground photographer. His father Isaac (° Nijmegen [NL] 2.12.1855) was recorded as a photographer living in Breda [NL] at another son's wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht on 20.5.1908, while a third son Philippe (° Ghent, 14.1.1885), acting as witness, was recorded as a photographer living in Brussels - Anderlecht. Various files in the foreigners' registry attest to the father's activity as an itinerant or fairground photographer in Antwerp on an annual basis in the 1890s. He was also recorded as a photographer operating on the Malines fairground in July 1903. "Photo Américaine Jacoby" continued to operate throughout the interwar period.
Levi, also known as Louis, ° 10.10.1880. Second-generation fairground photographer. His father Isaac (° Nijmegen [NL] 2.12.1855) was recorded as a photographer living in Breda [NL] at another son's wedding in Brussels - Anderlecht on 20.5.1908, while a third son Philippe (° Ghent, 14.1.1885), acting as witness, was recorded as a photographer living in Brussels - Anderlecht. Various files in the foreigners' registry attest to the father's activity as an itinerant or fairground photographer in Antwerp on an annual basis in the 1890s. He was also recorded as a photographer operating on the Malines fairground in July 1903. "Photo Américaine Jacoby" continued to operate throughout the interwar period.
Locations
1912 ca Gand, Foire
Exhibitions
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1067
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 31.12.2018; SFJ revised 9.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght