Rotographie Belge, S.A.

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Firm

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  • Connected

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1907 - 1913 Bruxelles, Avenue du Midi, 72
Papers, emulsions, plates, picture postcards, industrial photography. "Publication of picture postcards and all artistic and industrial work relating to collotype and photography" [Mertens, 1909]. Exclusive distributor for the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (N.P.G.) of Berlin - Steglitz [D] and the Société Industrielle de Photographie (S.I.P.) of Rueil [F]. Exclusive Belgian agent for plates by Westendorp & Wehner A.G. of Cologne [D]. Maurice Génin (see that name) managed the firm until 1910. He was most likely succeeded by a man named Richard Schwarz (° Königsberg [Prussia], 1.1.1889), who was recorded as a photographer coming from London and arrived at this address in July 1910.
1913 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Berckmans, 89
Manufacturer and publisher of picture postcards. Agency for N.P.G. Already at this address in October 1913 and until at least 1917.

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1907 - 1913 Bruxelles, Avenue du Midi, 72
1913 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Berckmans, 89

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DIRECTORY_2017#0513

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ new 17.1.2018; SFJ revised 22.1.2018, 23.2.2018 & 11.8.2021; MD revised 20.5.2022

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