Unfortunately I can't access the ad, the link does not work for me.   Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich D-61250 Usingen ________________________________ Von: JK <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. April 2009, 14:44:18 Uhr Betreff: Re: [HESSE] symbols in ad Interested in resolving symbols used in ad from 1855. Looks like an open "x" and appears after "Bench" and again later on, although in the second pair, one looks like "cc". Is this short form for "etcetera" or "et al" Ad is at http://newhamburg.org/ads/1g.html JK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks but that was resolved. There is another though at http://newhamburg.org/ads/ad.html and http://newhamburg.org/ads/1e.html (They are the same ad. I'm just curious if you can see both as I've changed the graphic name to help ascertain your problem in seeing the link) The problem is what looks like just a squiggle on the paper. The ad would make more sense if the squiggle behind the first name of "James Trow" is actually a symbol and stands for either Senior or Junior. Thierry Dietrich wrote: > Unfortunately I can't access the ad, the link does not work for me. > > > > Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich > > D-61250 Usingen > > > > > ________________________________ > Von: JK <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. April 2009, 14:44:18 Uhr > Betreff: Re: [HESSE] symbols in ad > > Interested in resolving symbols used in ad from 1855. > > Looks like an open "x" and appears after "Bench" and again later on, > although in the second pair, one looks like "cc". > > Is this short form for "etcetera" or "et al" > > Ad is at http://newhamburg.org/ads/1g.html > > JK > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I can see neither page's picture. Considerably strange as the page source is about as simple a page as can be. However, I've never been able to see any of your pages. I have to open the source, find the file name and go directly to it. How about adding an "alt" to the next one. Not sure why, but none of my browsers will display the graphics of your pages. However, looking at the character, I agree it is some squiggle meant to mean something, as the character doesn't look like a typeset character of uniform make. It varies in width of ink (in ways a typeset character wouldn't) and has some rather handwritten qualities to it's lines. It is definitely not an i, o, u, j, s, or @, unless it has been written over by hand. I see no possible typeset character in it. Of course, it is a scan and so, the resolution of the character may have suffered in the scanning; it is pixelated. Brian On Tue, April 7, 2009 2:24 pm, JK wrote: > Thanks but that was resolved. > > There is another though at > http://newhamburg.org/ads/ad.html > > and > > http://newhamburg.org/ads/1e.html > > (They are the same ad. I'm just curious if you can see both as I've > changed the graphic name to help ascertain your problem in seeing the > link) > > The problem is what looks like just a squiggle on the paper. > > The ad would make more sense if the squiggle behind the first name > of "James Trow" is actually a symbol and stands for either Senior or > Junior. > > Thierry Dietrich wrote: >> Unfortunately I can't access the ad, the link does not work for me. >> >> >> >> Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich >> >> D-61250 Usingen >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> Von: JK <[email protected]> >> An: [email protected] >> Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. April 2009, 14:44:18 Uhr >> Betreff: Re: [HESSE] symbols in ad >> >> Interested in resolving symbols used in ad from 1855. >> >> Looks like an open "x" and appears after "Bench" and again later on, >> although in the second pair, one looks like "cc". >> >> Is this short form for "etcetera" or "et al" >> >> Ad is at http://newhamburg.org/ads/1g.html >> >> JK >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >