BBC Chinese, Oct 28, 2016
www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/ ... shanghai_old_photos
, which is translated from
Rare 19th Century Photographs of Shanghai. BBC, Oct 28, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-37762842
("English photographer William Saunders * * * went back [to Shanghai] to establish one of the city's first photography studios * * * PThe exhibition] can be seen from 4-12 November at the China Exchange, 32a Gerrard Street, London. * * * All photographs courtesy Stephan Loewentheil Historical Photography of China Collection")
Note:
(a) William Saunders (photographer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saunders_(photographer)
(1832–1892; opened one of Shanghai's first photography studios in January 1862)
(b) The English and Scottish surname Saunders means child of a person with "the medieval personal name Saunder, reduced vernacular form of Alexander." Dictionary of American Familt Names, by Oxford Univ Press.
Stephan Loewentheil Historical Photography of China Collection
(c)
(i) About Us. The 19th Century Rare Books & Photography Shop, undated
www.19thshop.com/about-us/
("Stephan Loewentheil, President & Founder: -- still alive)
(ii) The company is located at Stevenson, Maryland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevenson,_Maryland
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