Progress of Standard Optical Ca. in 1938
The Standard Optical Ca. of 297 Nanking Road, doyen of modern opticians in China, during 1938 has kept up its reputation as in Shanghai for every novation.
The Company, whose history goes back to 1719, is under a management fully alive to every advance in bu: ness methods, thus keeping down the prices at which it is able to sell. Its optical instrument department has started to manufacture microscopes, lanterns, and many other aids to science. Another notable branching-cut in 1938 was the establishment of the Standard Eye Hospital, organized by the Company's social service department, and receiving the support of leaders of the medical profession and educational institutions in this city.
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