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Nitsche, Adolf
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photo Nitsche (in Rue Léopold)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Oberhannsdorf [Silesia, D], 1873 - Rotterdam [NL], 1938
Activity
1907 * - 1914 Anvers, Rue Léopold, 55<07-10> or 69<11-14>
Also Adolphe, ° 31.8.1873; + 17.3.1938. Sometimes spelled "Nietsche" in the directories. Arrived in Antwerp on 10.5.1906 from Lausanne [CH], Rue du Grand Pont, 4, address of his elder brother Georges Nitsche's studio. Moved to this address on 14.10.1907. A postcard postmarked June 1907 and a print at this address dated 1908 are signed "Nitsche & Gerhäuser". This must be a brief partnership with Adolf Gerhäuser or Gerhauser (see that name), registered in Antwerp since 1904 and shortly before he moved to Liège in July 1907 to operate there on his own account.
1909 ca Gand, Rue Longue de la Monnaie, 5
Co-existed with the Antwerp studio at Rue Léopold, 55 for a short time. There are also CAB, no street addresses, with blind stamp "A. Nitsche / Anvers / Gand" from this period.
1910 - 1913 Anvers, Rue Leys, 1/2<10> or 5<11-13>
Called up in World War I, Nitsche was reportedly an official photographer in the German army. Left Antwerp shortly after the Armistice of November 1918 and subsequently operated in Rotterdam [NL].
Also Adolphe, ° 31.8.1873; + 17.3.1938. Sometimes spelled "Nietsche" in the directories. Arrived in Antwerp on 10.5.1906 from Lausanne [CH], Rue du Grand Pont, 4, address of his elder brother Georges Nitsche's studio. Moved to this address on 14.10.1907. A postcard postmarked June 1907 and a print at this address dated 1908 are signed "Nitsche & Gerhäuser". This must be a brief partnership with Adolf Gerhäuser or Gerhauser (see that name), registered in Antwerp since 1904 and shortly before he moved to Liège in July 1907 to operate there on his own account.
1909 ca Gand, Rue Longue de la Monnaie, 5
Co-existed with the Antwerp studio at Rue Léopold, 55 for a short time. There are also CAB, no street addresses, with blind stamp "A. Nitsche / Anvers / Gand" from this period.
1910 - 1913 Anvers, Rue Leys, 1/2<10> or 5<11-13>
Called up in World War I, Nitsche was reportedly an official photographer in the German army. Left Antwerp shortly after the Armistice of November 1918 and subsequently operated in Rotterdam [NL].
Locations
1907 * - 1914 Anvers, Rue Léopold, 55<07-10> or 69<11-14>
1909 ca Gand, Rue Longue de la Monnaie, 5
1910 - 1913 Anvers, Rue Leys, 1/2<10> or 5<11-13>
1909 ca Gand, Rue Longue de la Monnaie, 5
1910 - 1913 Anvers, Rue Leys, 1/2<10> or 5<11-13>
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Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0440
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 29.12.2017; revised 2.1.2018 & 3.5.2018; revised 14.1.2019 & 31.5.2019, 24.1.2021 & 14.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; revised 22.6.2020, based on information supplied by Peter Eyckerman; MD revised 26.4.2023 & 12.9.2023