Camera Craft/John David Zumbrun Peking Album c.1915

I’m obviously fascinated with old photographs of China, but also (perhaps a little more weirdly) the albums they were often contained in. Just put ‘albums’ in my blog’s search engine and you’ll see many past examples. However, this one is special. This album of Peking photos was sold by the amazing Camera Craft Co, circa 1915. Camera Craft was run by American John David Zumbrun with premises on Legation Street (Dongjiaomin). Zumbrun (below) was very early, ahead (I think) oif other famous Peking photo studios, notably Hartung’s.