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Van den Heuvel, Théodore
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Brussels, 1856 - ?, ?
Activity
1900 - 1909 Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 1
Théodore Guillaume Alexandre, ° 21.6.1856. Photo-engraver and postcard publisher. Philately dealer in Brussels in 1880. Emigrated to the USA in 1881 where he was a philately dealer in New York City in 1883. Shortly after gaining American citizenship in July 1897, he returned to Brussels. Van den Heuvel opened a stationer's at this address in 1898 and then soon branched out into postcard publishing. Picture postcards of Belgian towns and the coast. "Copying of old masters, views of Brussels and provinces, colour photographs of all corners of the globe, postage stamps for collectors, picture postcards" [Monod, 1900]. He offered for sale over 3000 different subjects in 1900. On an advertising postcard, "Our speciality: packets of 25 different postcards, views of Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Namur, Ostend, or the Meuse. Price: 1 franc. These cards are not the trash sold generally on the streets but finely executed collotype cards."
1904 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue de Ligne, 49
Publisher of postcards and albums for postcards. Wholesale at this address.
1908 Bruxelles, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 26
Théodore Guillaume Alexandre, ° 21.6.1856. Photo-engraver and postcard publisher. Philately dealer in Brussels in 1880. Emigrated to the USA in 1881 where he was a philately dealer in New York City in 1883. Shortly after gaining American citizenship in July 1897, he returned to Brussels. Van den Heuvel opened a stationer's at this address in 1898 and then soon branched out into postcard publishing. Picture postcards of Belgian towns and the coast. "Copying of old masters, views of Brussels and provinces, colour photographs of all corners of the globe, postage stamps for collectors, picture postcards" [Monod, 1900]. He offered for sale over 3000 different subjects in 1900. On an advertising postcard, "Our speciality: packets of 25 different postcards, views of Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Namur, Ostend, or the Meuse. Price: 1 franc. These cards are not the trash sold generally on the streets but finely executed collotype cards."
1904 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue de Ligne, 49
Publisher of postcards and albums for postcards. Wholesale at this address.
1908 Bruxelles, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 26
Locations
1900 - 1909 Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 1
1904 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue de Ligne, 49
1908 Bruxelles, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 26
1904 - 1907 Bruxelles, Rue de Ligne, 49
1908 Bruxelles, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 26
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Bibliography/Webography
"Van den Heuvel - de uitgever", accessed at:
http://kortrijkpostkaarten.blogspot.com/2017/11/van-den-heuvel-de-uitgever.html
http://kortrijkpostkaarten.blogspot.com/2017/11/van-den-heuvel-de-uitgever.html
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4298
Status
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 16.7.2018 & 13.12.2018; revised 24.2.2019, based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 31.7.2021