Mees, Ferdinand

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Person (Male)

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  • Connected

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Life dates

Antwerp - Borgerhout, 1876 - ?, ?

Activity

1905 * - 1920 > Gand
"Ferdinand" Charles Marie, ° 1.10.1876. Card mounts for CVs. Initially recorded as a bookbinder in Brussels, and then left for Ghent on 14.10.1902. He was subsequently recorded as a bookbinder in Ghent, Rue de l'Hôpital in February 1905 and as a gilder living on the same street in August 1910. Advertising at Rue du Jardin d'Hiver, 54 in February 1910 and January 1911. Only listed at Coupure, 210 from 1912, but card mounts dated 1909 bearing his name exist as well as earlier undated mounts from around 1906. Also listed under photographers in 1921, when still operating at Coupure, 210. When "F. Mees & Fils" were trading as wholesalers in photographic and cinematographic supplies in Ghent, Rue de la Porte de Bruges, 17 in the mid 1930s, they stated “Firm founded in 1905”.

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1905 * - 1920 > Gand

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DIRECTORY_2017#2286

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Dates of creation/revision

MD new 25.10.2021; MD revised 19.11.2021, 6.12.2021, 24.1.2023 & 23.2.2024; SFJ revised 17.3.2024 based on information supplied by Pool Andries

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