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Plaques Léaucourt, S.A.
Identity
Category
Firm
Alternative name or descriptor
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Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Activity
1897 * - 1913 Courtrai, Rue du Canal [Damkaai]
Predecessor: van Léaucourt Georges
Manufacturer of photographic plates, then papers. Founded with a capital of 1 000 shares, half of them retained by Georges van Léaucourt. Manufactured X-ray plates as early as 1897 under the brand name "La Radiographique". In a business letter of July 1901: "All the good photographers in Liège only use our plates, including Messrs Zeyen, Huisman, Terhell, Wurth, etc.". Stanislas Nolf (see that name) bought out van Léaucourt in 1903, thereby becoming the majority shareholder.
Predecessor: van Léaucourt Georges
Manufacturer of photographic plates, then papers. Founded with a capital of 1 000 shares, half of them retained by Georges van Léaucourt. Manufactured X-ray plates as early as 1897 under the brand name "La Radiographique". In a business letter of July 1901: "All the good photographers in Liège only use our plates, including Messrs Zeyen, Huisman, Terhell, Wurth, etc.". Stanislas Nolf (see that name) bought out van Léaucourt in 1903, thereby becoming the majority shareholder.
Locations
1897 * - 1913 Courtrai, Rue du Canal [Damkaai]
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1897 (gold medal). Letterhead also displays medals for Brussels, "Exposition-Concours International", 1893 (diploma of honour) and London, "Exposition Universelle", 1898 (gold medal).
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0360
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 26.9.2017; SFJ revised 16.11.2018 based on information supplied by Paul De Paepe and Filippe De Potter; SFJ revised 26.11.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght