Jacob Olie

Jacob Olie
Born	19 October 1834
Died	23 April 1905 (aged 70)
Occupation	Photographer (1861–1905), drawing teacher, architect

Jacob Olie's well-thumbed copy of the French encyclopedia called Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, given to the special collections department of the University of Amsterdam by Olie's great-grandson

Jacob Olie (1834 – 1905) was a photographer from Amsterdam known for his scenes of everyday life there.

Olie was born in Amsterdam and was trained as a carpenter and draughtsman. He became a teacher at the local school for craftsmen known as the Ambachtsschool, converting it to be the first ever vocational school of the Netherlands for boys. He took up photography as a hobby. Today he is known for his unusually sharp depictions of various parts of Amsterdam that no longer exist. His son by the same name also became a photographer.

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  Amsterdam 1863
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  Amsterdam 1890
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  Amsterdam, ca. 1895
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  Amsterdam 1896
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  Amsterdam 1892

References

• Amsterdam in de tweede helft der XIXe eeuw gezien door Jacob Olie Jacobsz, by Eeghen, I.H. van, Genootschap Amstelodamum, 1960

External links

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