Schmidt
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Schmidt Shōten (シュミット商店) was founded in Tokyo in 1896 by Paul Schmidt.[1] The company was the distributor (総代理店) of the Leica cameras in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s. The company evolved into the Schmidt Group, which currently (2008) still exists.
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Advertisements for the Leica by Schmidt Shōten in Asahi Camera June 1932 and Shashin Salon January 1934. (Image rights) |
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Bibliography
- Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Schmidt Shōten in June 1932 (p.A31).
- Shashin Salon. Advertisement by Schmidt Shōten in January 1934.
Links
- Company history of the Schimdt Group