08-11-2025, 11:14 PM
Hi Richard ... thanks for the higher resolution scan of the back of the 1902 card.
The handwriting is still a bit of a slog. That's not the fault of the scan this time, it's just a bit of a challenge to transcribe. The writer uses a very quick hand (a polite way of saying he writes fast and without too much care). As I mentioned in my last note, it's also not been written in the Latin script that Germany started using in the 1930s. It uses the older kurrent handwriting.
The signature is a bit clearer on this new scan but still difficult to read. It might be J. Reichert or possibly Reichett? My guess would be Reichert which is a common surname in Württemberg.
My best guess as to the sense of it in English is ...
Cannstatt, 5 January 1902
Dear Sir,
I kindly ask you to process the registration for the Chamber of Crafts relating to the matter dated 20 September 1901. Please return the documents to me after processing. I would appreciate a brief reply.
Respectfully, J. Reichert/Reichelt
Always a fun question ... handedness. While we can't be certain, it looks like the writer appears to have been right-handed. I base this on the consistent rightward slant on the letters and the final flourishes on some of the words. As a caveat though, some left-handed writers did train themselves to write with a right-handed slant in the early twentieth century when left-handedness was often discouraged.
Cheers, Hugh
The handwriting is still a bit of a slog. That's not the fault of the scan this time, it's just a bit of a challenge to transcribe. The writer uses a very quick hand (a polite way of saying he writes fast and without too much care). As I mentioned in my last note, it's also not been written in the Latin script that Germany started using in the 1930s. It uses the older kurrent handwriting.
The signature is a bit clearer on this new scan but still difficult to read. It might be J. Reichert or possibly Reichett? My guess would be Reichert which is a common surname in Württemberg.
My best guess as to the sense of it in English is ...
Cannstatt, 5 January 1902
Dear Sir,
I kindly ask you to process the registration for the Chamber of Crafts relating to the matter dated 20 September 1901. Please return the documents to me after processing. I would appreciate a brief reply.
Respectfully, J. Reichert/Reichelt
Always a fun question ... handedness. While we can't be certain, it looks like the writer appears to have been right-handed. I base this on the consistent rightward slant on the letters and the final flourishes on some of the words. As a caveat though, some left-handed writers did train themselves to write with a right-handed slant in the early twentieth century when left-handedness was often discouraged.
Cheers, Hugh
Hugh MacDonald, Wolfe Island
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