Distributor for particulars of "Leica cameras" in Shanghai. The 1934 NCDN advertisement stated: "The New LEICA Camera - A NEW MASTERPIECE - For Particulars: SCHMIDT & CO."

北京西堂子胡同德商贸易行o 1912 年〈或作1913 年〉原天津顺发洋行代签有效入骨施密特(Paul Schmidt)个人开办.进口经销德、美、英等国所产医疗器械、光学仪器、教育用品、医院材料、测绘仪器、实验室设备、化学药品、照相器材及肥皂、香水等.代理欧美厂商公司数家至十数家. 第一次世界大战后一度停业. 1920 年代初恢复，设天津及上海
分号. 1928 年前后迁总号于东京. 西名"Schmidt Shoten" ，华行西名依旧.嗣先后于哈尔滨、香港、广州、汉口、沈阳、南京、济南、太原、昆明及大阪、新加坡诸埠设分号.1930 年代中改组为有限责任公司，启用"Schmidt &. Co. Ltd."或"Schmidt Shoten, Ltd." 新百名, 添设大连及"新京"分号o 1944 年尚见于记载，往来银行为"德华"及"上海商业储蓄".

Source/Reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (315).

Rough English translation

Beijing Xitangzi Hutong Business Trading o 1912 The original Tianjin Shun Fat foreigners signed on behalf of the effective bone Schmidt (Paul Schmidt) personal start. Import distribution Germany, the United States, Britain and other countries produced medical equipment, Optical equipment, educational supplies, hospital materials, surveying and mapping equipment, laboratory equipment, chemicals, photographic equipment and soap, perfume, etc .. Acting European and American manufacturers to several companies to the number of the first World War after the closure of the early 1920s Recovery, set up in Tianjin and Shanghai. Nanjing, Hankou, Shenyang, Nanjing, Jinan, Taiyuan, Kunming and Osaka, Singapore, Zhuzhou City, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hankou, Shenyang, Nanjing, Jinan, Taiyuan, Kunming and Osaka, Singapore. Set up a small number of "Schmidt & Co. Ltd." or "Schmidt Shoten, Ltd.", the addition of Dalian and the "Beijing" semicolon o 1944 is still seen in the record , The bank for the "Germany and China" and "Shanghai commercial savings."