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Levaque, Edmond
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Grande Photographie Américaine (at Rue de Limauge, 2 and Chaussée de Wavre)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Namur, 1848 - Brussels, 1916
Activity
1886 ca - 1890 ca Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 2
Edmond Joseph, ° 5.1.1848; + August 1916. Son of Hubert. Witness at the wedding of his younger brother Jérôme Levaque on 13.12.1884, where he was recorded as a photographer aged 36 resident in Lille [F]. Jérôme and Edmond appear to have operated in tandem well into the 1880s. CV in the name of "Grande Photographie Américaine / E. Levaque" at the joint addresses of Paris [F], Rue Vivienne, 42 and Brussels, Rue Neuve, 72, early 1880s. Boisjoly dates beginning of activity at the Paris studio to 1881; for the Brussels studio, see entry for Jérôme Levaque. The Lille branch studio operated at Grand Place, 12 or 23 in the 1880s under the trade name "Grande Photographie Américaine". CVs bear the name "Levaque" and either the initial "E." or "J." or no initial at all. Voignier records the Lille studio (Levaque, no initial) as operating at Grande Place, 24 then 12 from about 1882 to 1887.
1893 - 1899 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Wavre, 211
Successor: Becquevort Félicien
1898 * - 1900 Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 13
Predecessor: Deron François Fils # Successor: Giebels Pierre #
Already advertising at this address in July 1898.
1900 - 1901 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 16 or 16a
1904 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue des Moissonneurs, 21
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de l'Été, 22
Still recorded as a photographer in Brussels, "Cité de la Chaussée" at the time of his death (Le Bruxellois, 13.8.1916).
Edmond Joseph, ° 5.1.1848; + August 1916. Son of Hubert. Witness at the wedding of his younger brother Jérôme Levaque on 13.12.1884, where he was recorded as a photographer aged 36 resident in Lille [F]. Jérôme and Edmond appear to have operated in tandem well into the 1880s. CV in the name of "Grande Photographie Américaine / E. Levaque" at the joint addresses of Paris [F], Rue Vivienne, 42 and Brussels, Rue Neuve, 72, early 1880s. Boisjoly dates beginning of activity at the Paris studio to 1881; for the Brussels studio, see entry for Jérôme Levaque. The Lille branch studio operated at Grand Place, 12 or 23 in the 1880s under the trade name "Grande Photographie Américaine". CVs bear the name "Levaque" and either the initial "E." or "J." or no initial at all. Voignier records the Lille studio (Levaque, no initial) as operating at Grande Place, 24 then 12 from about 1882 to 1887.
1893 - 1899 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Wavre, 211
Successor: Becquevort Félicien
1898 * - 1900 Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 13
Predecessor: Deron François Fils # Successor: Giebels Pierre #
Already advertising at this address in July 1898.
1900 - 1901 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 16 or 16a
1904 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue des Moissonneurs, 21
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de l'Été, 22
Still recorded as a photographer in Brussels, "Cité de la Chaussée" at the time of his death (Le Bruxellois, 13.8.1916).
Locations
1886 ca - 1890 ca Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 2
1893 - 1899 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Wavre, 211
1898 * - 1900 Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 13
1900 - 1901 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 16 or 16a
1904 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue des Moissonneurs, 21
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de l'Été, 22
1893 - 1899 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée de Wavre, 211
1898 * - 1900 Bruxelles, Rue de la Madeleine, 13
1900 - 1901 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de Limauge, 16 or 16a
1904 Bruxelles - Etterbeek, Rue des Moissonneurs, 21
1905 Bruxelles - Ixelles, Rue de l'Été, 22
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2755
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 7.8.2017 & 14.5.2018; revised 24.7.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 25.5.2021, 12.8.2021 & 15.11.2021; SFJ revised 16.11.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght