I can see both now, but I have no idea what that squiggle is signifying. Are you sure it is printed? It does not look like a letter or like any other printed character I am aware of. Could it have been added on the newspaper by hand? Apologies, Thierry   Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich D-61250 Usingen ________________________________ Von: JK <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. April 2009, 21:24:38 Uhr Betreff: Re: [HESSE] symbols in ad 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