Léon & Lévy


Léon & Lévy was a French printer and a photograph editing company located in Paris. It was founded in 1864 and specialized in stereoscopic views and picture postcards of locations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The trade mark of the enterprise was ″L.L.". The firm was one of the most important postcard editors in France.

History

Léon & Lévy was founded in 1864 by Isaac and his son-in-law Moyse Léon. Isaac was also known as "Georges Lévy'' at that time . When Lévy's two sons, Abraham Lucien Lévy and Gaspard Ernest Lévy, took over the firm in 1895, the company was renamed Lévy Fils et Cie. Around 1920, the firm was acquired by the printer Émile Crété, and the new combined company was known as Lévy et Neurdein Réunis. Throughout the various changes in the firm, the logo LL continued to be used. In 1932, Lévy et Neurdein Réunis company was acquired by the Compagnie des Arts Photomécaniques.

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