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Marcovici, Marco
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Jassy [RO], 1873 - Brussels, 1938
Activity
1905 - 1907 Bruxelles, Place des Martyrs (Rue des Oeillets, 1)
° 31.5.1873; + February 1938. Arrived in Belgium in May 1901. Registered in Brussels - Saint-Gilles from 10.5.1902 to 2.1.1914. Postcard publisher and wholesaler of albums. "Manufacture of scenic postcards and fancy goods" [Monod, 1905]. He announced that his firm commissioned pictures from photographers all over Belgium. Collotype printing.
1908 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Laeken, Avenue Stéphanie, 38<8-12> or 27<13-14>
"Collotype printing. Colouring studio" [Mertens, 1909]. Still active at no. 27 in 1915. Subsequently recorded at Boulevard du Nord / Boulevard Adolphe Max, 108 in 1918 where he was still listed under picture postcards until 1931. In the interwar years, he was a prolific publisher of both scenic and novelty postcards under the trade name "Marco". After World War I, his firm encouraged battlefield tourism with its many views of the devastated regions. Committed suicide by ingesting poison.
° 31.5.1873; + February 1938. Arrived in Belgium in May 1901. Registered in Brussels - Saint-Gilles from 10.5.1902 to 2.1.1914. Postcard publisher and wholesaler of albums. "Manufacture of scenic postcards and fancy goods" [Monod, 1905]. He announced that his firm commissioned pictures from photographers all over Belgium. Collotype printing.
1908 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Laeken, Avenue Stéphanie, 38<8-12> or 27<13-14>
"Collotype printing. Colouring studio" [Mertens, 1909]. Still active at no. 27 in 1915. Subsequently recorded at Boulevard du Nord / Boulevard Adolphe Max, 108 in 1918 where he was still listed under picture postcards until 1931. In the interwar years, he was a prolific publisher of both scenic and novelty postcards under the trade name "Marco". After World War I, his firm encouraged battlefield tourism with its many views of the devastated regions. Committed suicide by ingesting poison.
Locations
1905 - 1907 Bruxelles, Place des Martyrs (Rue des Oeillets, 1)
1908 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Laeken, Avenue Stéphanie, 38<8-12> or 27<13-14>
1908 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Laeken, Avenue Stéphanie, 38<8-12> or 27<13-14>
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Bibliography/Webography
CONSTANDT, Marc. "Marco Marcovici. Een veelzijdige toeristische uitgever met aandacht voor West-Vlaanderen", In de Steigers, 2009, no. 2, pp. 31-38.
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2926
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 26.5.2017 & 18.6.2018; revised 14.1.2019 & 25.2.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 6.7.2020 & 27.10.2020; SFJ revised 3.8.2021; SFJ revised 14.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries