BTW, I’m creating an Excel spreadsheet to log the info from all the manifests we’ve found so far. That way we will be able to see at a glance who was on what ship and when. It will also aide in the timeline updates.  Further,  I will be able to see who was not on a ship; then I can and go back to the original manifests and see if they actually were there only...

Peter, I have been reading your emails with great interest! You have the makings of a fine sleuth!  Maybe we should start a side business as photo detectives? In any case, I wish I had more time to respond. I find the dating of the photo as being before 1910 very odd. I hope you can find out more info. 1910 would be MUCH earlier than I would ever have expected for...

I was also under some impression Zalewski’s trips were later on, but so far we can’t confirm that.  Could it be that he made his first trip to Japan-China in the early 1900s and then his second trip later on? Perhaps, like Edward Cockell, he made his first venture there with the military, and the later on as a...

Could be that he got all his China photos from that particular trip developed at the same time and placed them in there in somewhat random order. I don’t think the entire album is in exact order of photos taken. But probably in order of when they were developed.  It just seems unlikely that he would wait until after all the hundreds of photos were taken to place...

Hi Peter,  To finish responding to your comments on the Zalewski album. I’ve gotten all your emails, so I have been in the loop with all your comments. I don’t think it odd that Zalewski started the album in Japan. It seems he may have gotten the camera to document his new journey. From what I read, at the time, it was customary for many of the...