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Levis, Julien
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Dendermonde, 1841 - ?, ?
Activity
1882 - 1890 Gand, Rue du Pays de Waes, 37
° 4.2.1841. Fairground photographer. Already recorded as a photographer aged 35 resident in Ghent, probably in Place des Armes, in July 1876. Patent of 29.4.1882 [Ghent, no street] for "a photographic system by means of flares"; patent of 31.1.1885 for "a system of caricature photography".
1882 Gheel, Groote Markt
Itinerant here in November 1882.
1882 Herenthals, Groote Merkt
Itinerant here in December 1882.
1893 * - 1894 / Alost, Dendermondsche Steenweg, 3
Opening announced in December 1893 and still advertising here in March 1894. His son Jan Frans Levis (° Ypres, 31.7.1873; + Ghent, 21.3.1908) was recorded as a photographer at no. 1 of this street on 20.7.1898. His itinerant lifestyle indicates that he was in fact a fairground photographer like his father.
1894 * Alost, Vooruitgangstraat, 10
From 24.11.1894. In December 1894 Levis advertised that he was the only photographer who had been allowed to take the portrait of priest Adolf Daens (Het Laatste Nieuws, 30.12.1894).
° 4.2.1841. Fairground photographer. Already recorded as a photographer aged 35 resident in Ghent, probably in Place des Armes, in July 1876. Patent of 29.4.1882 [Ghent, no street] for "a photographic system by means of flares"; patent of 31.1.1885 for "a system of caricature photography".
1882 Gheel, Groote Markt
Itinerant here in November 1882.
1882 Herenthals, Groote Merkt
Itinerant here in December 1882.
1893 * - 1894 / Alost, Dendermondsche Steenweg, 3
Opening announced in December 1893 and still advertising here in March 1894. His son Jan Frans Levis (° Ypres, 31.7.1873; + Ghent, 21.3.1908) was recorded as a photographer at no. 1 of this street on 20.7.1898. His itinerant lifestyle indicates that he was in fact a fairground photographer like his father.
1894 * Alost, Vooruitgangstraat, 10
From 24.11.1894. In December 1894 Levis advertised that he was the only photographer who had been allowed to take the portrait of priest Adolf Daens (Het Laatste Nieuws, 30.12.1894).
Locations
1882 - 1890 Gand, Rue du Pays de Waes, 37
1882 Gheel, Groote Markt
1882 Herenthals, Groote Merkt
1893 * - 1894 / Alost, Dendermondsche Steenweg, 3
1894 * Alost, Vooruitgangstraat, 10
1882 Gheel, Groote Markt
1882 Herenthals, Groote Merkt
1893 * - 1894 / Alost, Dendermondsche Steenweg, 3
1894 * Alost, Vooruitgangstraat, 10
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2763
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 25.5.2018 & 5.9.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 5.6.2020 partially based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman, 3.5.2021, 31.10.2022 & 7.10.2024