<b>1899 * - 1900 / Gand, Place du Commerce, 12 [Recollettenplein]</b> Hermann Joseph, ° 9.12.1871; + 6.2.1934. Sometimes transcribed "Herman". Brother-in-law of Achille Sacré - Smits (see that name). Already at this address from 14.5.1886 until 1.5.1889 as a photographer’s apprentice when he left for Koblenz. After having journeyed to Antwerp, Charleroi and Lille [F], Smits returned to this address on 28.10.1899. CV with printed credit of Achille Sacré - Smits operating here overstamped "Hermann Smits" on verso. A larger photographic mount has his name and this address printed on the front. Left for Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 179 on 9.8.1900. <b>1903 - 1904 Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 81</b> Already recorded as a photographer domiciled in Koblenz [D] but resident in Marchienne-au-Pont at the occasion of his wedding in Marchienne-au-Pont on 6.7.1895. Probably already operating on this street from 1900 onwards.