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'''Sanwa Shōkai''' (三和商会) is a Japanese company that distributed cameras at least from the 1930s to the 1950s. Sanwa Shōkai was an authorized dealer of the [[Condor folders]] between 1939 and 1942, and also inserted its own advertisements for these models{{ref|2}}, sometimes together with a [[Zeitax]]{{ref|3}}. Some sources{{ref|1}} attribute the [[Baby Suzuka]] to this company, but the name that appears in an advertisement for this camera{{ref|4}} is [[Sankō|K.K. Sankō]] (株式会社三光). Its name also appears on some [[Mycro]] models.
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'''Sanwa Shōkai''' (三和商会) is a Japanese company that distributed cameras at least from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Sanwa Shōkai was an authorized dealer of the [[Condor folders]] between 1939 and 1942, and also inserted its own advertisements for these models{{ref|2}}, sometimes together with a [[Zeitax]]{{ref|3}}. Its address at the time was Tōkyō-shi Shiba-ku Tamura-chō 2, 15 (東京市芝區田村町二ノ十五).
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Some sources{{ref|1}} attribute the [[Baby Suzuka]] to this company, but the name that appears in an advertisement for this camera{{ref|4}} is [[Sankō|K.K. Sankō]] (株式会社三光). Its name also appears on some [[Mycro]] models.
  
 
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== Notes ==

Revision as of 14:04, 15 June 2006

Sanwa Shōkai (三和商会) is a Japanese company that distributed cameras at least from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Sanwa Shōkai was an authorized dealer of the Condor folders between 1939 and 1942, and also inserted its own advertisements for these models[1], sometimes together with a Zeitax[2]. Its address at the time was Tōkyō-shi Shiba-ku Tamura-chō 2, 15 (東京市芝區田村町二ノ十五).

Some sources[3] attribute the Baby Suzuka to this company, but the name that appears in an advertisement for this camera[4] is K.K. Sankō (株式会社三光). Its name also appears on some Mycro models.

Notes

  1.  Advertisement for the Semi Condor, published in the Nov 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 112. — Advertisement for the New Semi Condor, published in the June 1940 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 113.
  2.  Advertisement for the Semi Zeitax, published in the Mar 1942 issue of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 118.
  3.  McKeown and this page of the Asacame website.
  4.  Advertisement originally published in the May 1952 issue of Asahi Camera.

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