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Polak, Samuel
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
The Hague [NL], 1881 - Brussels - Ixelles, 1957
Activity
1909 - 1913 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Paul Dejaer, 24
° 2.9.1881; + August 1957.
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Max Roos, 10
Studio operating in tandem with Chaussée de Haecht by November 1912 when Polak placed a small ad for "an operator - retoucher and working all papers" at this address (Le Soir, 9.11.1912) and then a general advertisement giving both addresses (Le Soir, 24.11.1912). "Speciality of enlargements and wedding groups; ground-floor studio of 50 square metres" [Monod, 1913].
1912 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 48
Forename "Manuël" on mount, c. 1912. Samuel Polak continued to operate at this address throughout the interwar period. Main activity for celebrity and newsworthy portraiture after World War I. Founding vice-president of the "Société des Auteurs Photographes de Belgique" in 1932.
° 2.9.1881; + August 1957.
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Max Roos, 10
Studio operating in tandem with Chaussée de Haecht by November 1912 when Polak placed a small ad for "an operator - retoucher and working all papers" at this address (Le Soir, 9.11.1912) and then a general advertisement giving both addresses (Le Soir, 24.11.1912). "Speciality of enlargements and wedding groups; ground-floor studio of 50 square metres" [Monod, 1913].
1912 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 48
Forename "Manuël" on mount, c. 1912. Samuel Polak continued to operate at this address throughout the interwar period. Main activity for celebrity and newsworthy portraiture after World War I. Founding vice-president of the "Société des Auteurs Photographes de Belgique" in 1932.
Locations
1909 - 1913 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Avenue Paul Dejaer, 24
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Max Roos, 10
1912 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 48
1912 - 1914 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Rue Max Roos, 10
1912 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Josse, Chaussée de Haecht, 48
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Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#0585
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ new 24.2.2018; SFJ revised 30.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 18.6.2020; SFJ revised 15.8.2023; SFJ revised 15.12.2023 & 17.3.2024 based on information supplied by Pool Andries