Printed: 2024-04-29
Sober, Edmond
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photo Sober; Photographie Moderne<10> (at Rue des Fripiers); Express Photo<12> (at Rue Neuve, 17)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Brussels, 1863 - ?, ?
Activity
1893 - 1914 > Bruxelles, Galerie de la Reine, 34
° 20.3.1863. Photograph dealer. Already active at this address in 1885 as an optician, and domiciled here until 20.4.1911. CAB inkstamped “A. Jonas Bernard, firm founded in 1830. Edmond Sober, successor. Optics, photographs”, c. 1890. Retailing "artistic photographs" at this address by July 1895 (Le Vingtième Siècle, 11.7.1895). "Seasonal Gifts. Portrait miniature, painted in ivory and mounted on a magnificent broach, for 3 fr. 90 instead of 15 fr." (Le Soir, 2.12.1905). "Wanted: a photographic printer" (Le Soir, 28.4.1910).
On the occasion of his wedding on 12.4.1911, Edmond Sober was recorded as an optician resident at this address. His younger brother Emile Charles (° Brussels, 27.5.1869), who acted as a witness, was recorded as a photographer aged 42 resident in Brussels and lived at this address from 30.10.1908. He had been recorded as a draughtman when the Sober family moved to this address on 4.11.1896. A third, youngest brother, Oscar (° Brussels, 13.3.1871) was recorded as a trainee dentist in 1896 and as a photographer in the 1900 population register. He was resident here from 17.5.1902 to 29.3.1904 and again from 14.7.1906 to 30.1.1907. Oscar subsequently traded as "Photographie Éclair" (see entry). Photography listed here until 1912; therafter, activities summarized as "optics [and] postcards". Final listing of E. Sober at this address under picture postcards in 1920.
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 114
Predecessor: Nadaue # or Dehaut L. # Successor: Parmentier M.
Photograph dealer and portrait studio.
1906 ca Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 6
CV with imprint of the studio at Rue Neuve, 114 overstamped on recto with this address: "Photographie Sober. 12 carte-de-visite portraits for 2fr. 50".
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue des Fripiers, 24
Initially branch studio. Sometimes misspelled "Gober" in the directories. "Sober Frères" in the 1911 Monod directory (= Edmond and/or Emile or Oscar). "Photographer's equipment for sale" (Le Soir, 14.3.1914).
1910 - 1914 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 17
"Sober - Gerson" in most directories, "Jerson" in the 1911 directory. "Express Photo" at this address in an advertisement from 1912 (Le Soir, 1.12.1912). The studio was offered up for sale in April 1914.
1911 Ostende, Galerie Léopold II
Postcard bearing this address and three Brussels studios (Rue des Fripiers, Rue Neuve, 17 and Galerie de la Reine) dated 23.10.1911.
1912 - 1913 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 26
Postcard postmarked 20.9.1912 at this address. Advertising here in June 1913. According to Norbert Hostyn, "Photo Sober" operated in Ostend, Rue de Flandre, 6 around World War I.
° 20.3.1863. Photograph dealer. Already active at this address in 1885 as an optician, and domiciled here until 20.4.1911. CAB inkstamped “A. Jonas Bernard, firm founded in 1830. Edmond Sober, successor. Optics, photographs”, c. 1890. Retailing "artistic photographs" at this address by July 1895 (Le Vingtième Siècle, 11.7.1895). "Seasonal Gifts. Portrait miniature, painted in ivory and mounted on a magnificent broach, for 3 fr. 90 instead of 15 fr." (Le Soir, 2.12.1905). "Wanted: a photographic printer" (Le Soir, 28.4.1910).
On the occasion of his wedding on 12.4.1911, Edmond Sober was recorded as an optician resident at this address. His younger brother Emile Charles (° Brussels, 27.5.1869), who acted as a witness, was recorded as a photographer aged 42 resident in Brussels and lived at this address from 30.10.1908. He had been recorded as a draughtman when the Sober family moved to this address on 4.11.1896. A third, youngest brother, Oscar (° Brussels, 13.3.1871) was recorded as a trainee dentist in 1896 and as a photographer in the 1900 population register. He was resident here from 17.5.1902 to 29.3.1904 and again from 14.7.1906 to 30.1.1907. Oscar subsequently traded as "Photographie Éclair" (see entry). Photography listed here until 1912; therafter, activities summarized as "optics [and] postcards". Final listing of E. Sober at this address under picture postcards in 1920.
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 114
Predecessor: Nadaue # or Dehaut L. # Successor: Parmentier M.
Photograph dealer and portrait studio.
1906 ca Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 6
CV with imprint of the studio at Rue Neuve, 114 overstamped on recto with this address: "Photographie Sober. 12 carte-de-visite portraits for 2fr. 50".
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue des Fripiers, 24
Initially branch studio. Sometimes misspelled "Gober" in the directories. "Sober Frères" in the 1911 Monod directory (= Edmond and/or Emile or Oscar). "Photographer's equipment for sale" (Le Soir, 14.3.1914).
1910 - 1914 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 17
"Sober - Gerson" in most directories, "Jerson" in the 1911 directory. "Express Photo" at this address in an advertisement from 1912 (Le Soir, 1.12.1912). The studio was offered up for sale in April 1914.
1911 Ostende, Galerie Léopold II
Postcard bearing this address and three Brussels studios (Rue des Fripiers, Rue Neuve, 17 and Galerie de la Reine) dated 23.10.1911.
1912 - 1913 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 26
Postcard postmarked 20.9.1912 at this address. Advertising here in June 1913. According to Norbert Hostyn, "Photo Sober" operated in Ostend, Rue de Flandre, 6 around World War I.
Locations
1893 - 1914 > Bruxelles, Galerie de la Reine, 34
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 114
1906 ca Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 6
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue des Fripiers, 24
1910 - 1914 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 17
1911 Ostende, Galerie Léopold II
1912 - 1913 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 26
1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 114
1906 ca Bruxelles, Rue d'Assaut, 6
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue des Fripiers, 24
1910 - 1914 / Bruxelles, Rue Neuve, 17
1911 Ostende, Galerie Léopold II
1912 - 1913 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 26
Exhibitions
Chicago, 1893 ("Edmond Sober frères" - painted photographs).
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Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3919
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 6.2.2018, 22.2.2018, 2.3.2018, 18.5.2018 & 21.7.2018; MD revised 15.6.2020; SFJ revised 31.10.2020 & 16.5.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 18.8.2021; SFJ revised 15.12.2023 based on information supplied by Pool Andries; SFJ revised 28.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght