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Loozen, Prosper
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Diest, 1875 - Diest, 1949
Activity
1899 - 1904 Diest, Rue de Louvain
Prosper Felix Augustus, ° 19.8.1875; + 1.8.1949. "Loosen" on birth certificate. On CV of c. 1898, "P. Loozen, Photographie Nationale", with no town indicated.
1902 - 1904 Diest, Rue du Marché, 10
Listed at this address and at Rue de Louvain by Mendel in 1902. Member of the "Photo-Club de Schaerbeek" in 1903-1904 with address given as Rue du Marché, no street number. Loozen spent World War I in Bournemouth [GB] where he worked as an electrician. On his return to Diest after the war, operated at no. 19. Subsequently active in the interwar period in Paardenstraat. Published picture postcards of Diest. Also sold bicycles, musical instruments, light fittings, etc. In 1942, Loozen sold 137 negatives documenting the built and artistic heritage of Diest to the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels.
Prosper Felix Augustus, ° 19.8.1875; + 1.8.1949. "Loosen" on birth certificate. On CV of c. 1898, "P. Loozen, Photographie Nationale", with no town indicated.
1902 - 1904 Diest, Rue du Marché, 10
Listed at this address and at Rue de Louvain by Mendel in 1902. Member of the "Photo-Club de Schaerbeek" in 1903-1904 with address given as Rue du Marché, no street number. Loozen spent World War I in Bournemouth [GB] where he worked as an electrician. On his return to Diest after the war, operated at no. 19. Subsequently active in the interwar period in Paardenstraat. Published picture postcards of Diest. Also sold bicycles, musical instruments, light fittings, etc. In 1942, Loozen sold 137 negatives documenting the built and artistic heritage of Diest to the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels.
Locations
1899 - 1904 Diest, Rue de Louvain
1902 - 1904 Diest, Rue du Marché, 10
1902 - 1904 Diest, Rue du Marché, 10
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2832
Status
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 30.11.2019 & 15.5.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 12.3.2020; MD revised 18.10.2022