Van Dantzig, Désiré (& Fils)

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Person (Male)

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Life dates

Ghent, 1841 - ?, ?

Activity

1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Camusel, 27 or 57<03-05>
° 21.10.1841. "Office supplies, manufacturer of registers and notebooks". Suffix "& Fils" at no. 57. The initials or logo "D.V.D." on many picture postcards point to Van Dantzig branching out into the new field of collotype publishing for postcards, initially bought in from Germany before he set up as a printer on his own account. Postcards were supplied to publishers in many localities, early ones including Dupagne - Counet in Namur, 1902 ca, Ch. Lemye - Hayot in Beauraing, recorded as having ordered a series of 18 cards in 1901, and Veuve Engel - Lievens in Spa, also in 1901. Van Dantzig applied sequential numbering to his output, starting with the number 5 000 and continuing up to 13 000 and above.
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Boulevard du Hainaut, 173
Artistic and industrial collotype printing. "Firm founded in 1890" [Mertens, 1911]. "& Fils" at this address.
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de la Caserne, 68
"& Fils" at this address.

Locations

1901 - 1905 Bruxelles, Rue Camusel, 27 or 57<03-05>
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Boulevard du Hainaut, 173
1907 - 1914 Bruxelles, Rue de la Caserne, 68

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DIRECTORY_2017#0844

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SFJ new 5.4.2018; MCC revised 30.9.2020; SFJ revised 2.11.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 31.7.2021

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