DIRECTORY_1997#3368 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 10:32:46 AM CET human revised December 15, 2023 10:05:34 AM CET human Firm person Photo Compagnie Belge conventionDeclaration Professional conventionDeclaration Hirsch & Herz (in Rue Neuve); Belgian Photo C° (on registered trade mark) conventionDeclaration 1903 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 109 1904 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 29 1905 - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue de Flandre, 161 1904 * - 1912 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 33<04-12> or 35<07-11> 1905 * - 1911 Bruxelles, Rue de la Violette, 35 1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de Brabant, 214 or 244 1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de la Bourse, 6 Liège, 1905 (gold medal diploma).

<b>1903 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 109</b> Main studio. Registered a trade mark at this address on 18.6.1903, consisting of the name "Photo Comp. Belge / Belgian Photo C°" accompanied by a representation of Saint George slaying the dragon. Advertising at this address in July 1903. A studio opened in Marseille [F], Rue Saint-Férréol, 75, shortly after the Antwerp studio, that operated as "Photo Compagnie Franco Belge". Subsequently CVs listed six studios including four in Brussels. The director was Max Hirsch. Also see Hirsch & Herz. Also see entry for "American Automatic Photo (Company)", co-existing at this address, 1912-1914. <b>1904 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Ixelles, Chaussée d'Ixelles, 29</b> Branch. Already advertising here in February 1904, when it was "the only branch in Brussels" (Het Laatste Nieuws, 13.2.1904). Not recorded in directories until 1909. Listed here under this same trade name until 1938. <b>1905 - 1912 Bruxelles, Rue de Flandre, 161</b> <b>1904 * - 1912 Anvers, Marché aux Souliers, 33<04-12> or 35<07-11></b> Opening announced for 25.9.1904. "The largest establishment in the country" (Gazet van Antwerpen, 25.9.1904). Granted planning permission on 24.9.1904 to attach a display case for photographs on the façade. Max Hirsch is recorded here, 1906-1907. Peter Friedrich Kehren (° Essen [D], 25.10.1883) was manager here in 1909-1910. <b>1905 * - 1911 Bruxelles, Rue de la Violette, 35</b> Predecessor: L'Apollon (Photographie) # <b>1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de Brabant, 214 or 244</b> <b>1912 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de la Bourse, 6</b> Succeeded by "Photo-Bourse" at this address after World War I.