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Jaeger, Henri
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Lausanne [CH], 1876 - ? [D], 1948
Activity
1910 - 1918 / Gand, Rue de Flandre, 24 or 22<11-17>
Predecessor: Lahmer Albert
Henri or Heinrich, ° 13.9.1876. Jaeger had previously been recorded as a photographer in Antwerp until October 1902 and was subsequently recorded as a photographer in Brussels. He finally arrived at this address on 31.10.1905 and almost certainly operated for Albert Lahmer until the latter's demise on 24.2.1909. An autochrome double portrait with his brother exists, 1910. "Maison Lahmer - H. Jaeger" on shop front in 1910. No. 22 in the directories, but no. 24 printed on the front of a studio photograph dated 1912. Treasurer of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Gand" in 1912-1913. War correspondent in the German army during World War I. Left for Germany in October 1918; officially expelled as an enemy alien. He returned to Germany to jointly run the family photography studio of J.H. Jäger in Harsewinkel [Westphalia, D], founded in 1884, until his death.
Predecessor: Lahmer Albert
Henri or Heinrich, ° 13.9.1876. Jaeger had previously been recorded as a photographer in Antwerp until October 1902 and was subsequently recorded as a photographer in Brussels. He finally arrived at this address on 31.10.1905 and almost certainly operated for Albert Lahmer until the latter's demise on 24.2.1909. An autochrome double portrait with his brother exists, 1910. "Maison Lahmer - H. Jaeger" on shop front in 1910. No. 22 in the directories, but no. 24 printed on the front of a studio photograph dated 1912. Treasurer of the "Union des Photographes Professionnels de Gand" in 1912-1913. War correspondent in the German army during World War I. Left for Germany in October 1918; officially expelled as an enemy alien. He returned to Germany to jointly run the family photography studio of J.H. Jäger in Harsewinkel [Westphalia, D], founded in 1884, until his death.
Locations
1910 - 1918 / Gand, Rue de Flandre, 24 or 22<11-17>
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Bibliography/Webography
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1827
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MD new 16.10.2020 partially based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman; MD revised 10.2.2023 partially based on information supplied by Philippe Debergh, Archief Gent; MD revised 29.4.2021 & 16.2.2023; SFJ revised 8.3.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 11.8.2026