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| View Original: | Antwerp Central railway station post card photograph "Souvenir d'Anvers", "Façade de la gare centrale en construction", "Ed. Nels, Bruxelles. Serie 25 No. 49".tif.tiff (641x446) | |||
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| Keywords: Antwerp Central railway station post card photograph "Souvenir d'Anvers", "Façade de la gare centrale en construction", "Ed. Nels, Bruxelles. Serie 25 No. 49".tif en Early construction phase of the monumental station hall in the front of Antwerp Central Dutch Antwerpen-Centraal railway station designed by Louis Delacenserie 1838 �1909 The big railway hall platform roof in the background by Clément Van Bogaert 1865 �1937 has presumably already been finished by the time this picture was taken Photograph from a post card entitled in French Souvenir d'Anvers Façade de la gare centrale en construction Ed Nels Bruxelles Serie 25 No 49 ~ 1899 Adapted from a picture of the post card uploaded at http //www delcampe net/fr/collections/cartes-postales/belgique-antwerpen/antwerpen-facade-de-la-gare-centrale-en-construction-nels-serie-25-nr-49-254616335 html Delcampe by a seller of the post card by the username virtok sold to B Gillain in 2015 Anonymous Published by the company Ed Nels other versions Custom license marker 2016 09 19 Anonymous-EU I consulted the post card via multiple sources on all of which there was no mention of the photographer The postcard which contained the photograph however is published by the company Ed Nels Also on other post cards by that company checked both front and back there was no mention of the exact photographers The post card is part of its series 25 and the picture is No 49 in that series That the post card is numbered means that it must have been published after the start of the company's numbering process in 1898/1900 The picture can not have been originated after 1900 since there is a published version of this post card available which is signed in 1900 Cf Wagemans Stan Centraal Station spoorwegkathedraal Antwerpen op de rails toen en nu Davidsfonds Uitgeverij nv Leuven 2011 Antwerpen-Centraal de spoorhal Some https //sites google com/site/antwerpenstadantwerpcity/07-spoorweg sources have claimed the photograph is from 1899 The company Ed Nels was founded by Édouard Nels in 1898 together with some aid by his brother Paul Nels both from Haute-Yutz in the region of Lorraine in France who left the company in 1902 They collected their photographs for their postcard by travelling by bike train or steam-tram Their older brother Louis Nels born in Over-Jentz German on 16 December 1855; died at Neuerburg Germany on 13 November 1910 taught them photographing skills but the photographs were also taken by other amateur and professional photographers Édouard Nels was born on 9 September 1869 in Haute Yutz and died on 6 January 1925 in Schruns Tyrol ; and was buried in the old cemetary of Limal in Wavre Conclusion the photograph was taken by an anonymous/unspecified photographer but it has been published on a postcard more than 100 years ago; which means its copyright has expired Retouched picture Retouched the picture so as to remove some darker brown spots due to the ageing process of the medium ; and cropped Verheyen Vincent References http //www vliz be/docs/groterede/GR34_Prentbriefkaarten pdf https //cartes-postales-nels com/presentation-nels-bruxelles html http //collectie wereldculturen nl/default aspx ccid P43849 lang http //cartophilie be/modules php name Wholist pa view peopleid 1436 scrid 3 https //cartes-postales-nels com/cartes-nels-publications-intro html http //www klausdierks com/Biographies/Biographies_N htm http //www delcampe be/nl/verzamelingen/postkaarten/boten-oorlog/anvers-un-torpilleur-dans-l-escaut-1926-nels-serie-25-n-95-392731930 html https //billiongraves com/grave/Edouard-Nels/17550673 Antwerp Central Station Nels | ||||