DIRECTORY_1997#3247 new approved FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen conventionDeclaration ISAAR(CPF): Internationale norm voor archivistische geautoriseerde beschrijvingen van organisaties, personen en families, Antwerpen/Leuven/Amsterdam 2006. detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 created January 2, 2015 10:32:31 AM CET human revised April 28, 2022 5:22:34 PM CEST human Person (Male) person Otto, Wilhelm conventionDeclaration Professional / Connected conventionDeclaration Photographie Artistique et Industrielle (in Chaussée d'Anvers) conventionDeclaration Darmstadt [D], 1820 - Brussels - Laeken, 1896 1868 ca - 1871 ca Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Dupont, 10 1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146 1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95> 1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331 1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23 1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73

1868 ca - 1871 ca Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Dupont, 10 ° 22.11.1820; + 19.5.1896. On CV "Gme Otto Fils" at this address, this was most likely "Wilhelm" Julius Valentin (° Darmstadt [D], 9.4.1850; + Düsseldorf [D], 1.2.1890), a son of Wilhelm senior. 1879 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Verte, 146 Owner of a photomechanical printing works headquartered in Düsseldorf [D], Schadowstrasse, 42 from 1872. This business, specialising in collotype printing, ran a branch in Brussels which was in operation for twenty years in the 1880s and 1890s. An obituary of W. Otto (junior) appeared in the "Bulletin de l'ABP" in February 1890, p. 218: "a child of Brussels, expatriated several years before his death and who ran a photographic establishment in Düsseldorf". His widow Katharina continued running the business as "Photographische Anstalt und Atelier für Lichtdruckbilder" while maintaining Wilhelm Otto as a trade name. Petrus Otto, another son of Wilhelm Otto senior, was a shareholder and the director from 1895 to 1908. Corresponding member ("Wilhelm Otto") of the ABP at the Düsseldorf address from 1882 until 1901. 1882 - 1895 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 31<82-90> then 35<91-95> Collotype. 1895 - 1897 / Bruxelles - Laeken, Chaussée d'Anvers, 331 Photogravure, halftone and collotype. "Portrait studio on the ground floor". Wilhelm senior was recorded as a photographer domiciled at this address on his death certificate. It was signed by his son Pierre (Petrus) Otto and Léon Fouassin (° Léré [Cher, F], 25.9.1863). Both witnesses were recorded as photographers, Petrus was domiciled in Düsseldorf [D] and Fouassin in Brussels - Laeken, he was most likely an operator for the studio (also see entry for Christine Otto). Still listed here in 1898. 1897 * - 1898 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 23 Wilhelm's daughter Christine Otto (see that name) arrived here from Brussels - Laeken on 18.1.1897 and left for Brussels - Schaerbeek on 18.4.1898. She was accompanied by Léon Fouassin. Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name. 1898 * - 1899 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue de Brabant, 73 Predecessor: T'Syen H. # Successor: Houben H. # The final address where Wilhelm Otto was maintained as the trade name.

Association belge de Photographie 1882 1901