LOL ... I think they really lucked out with the postal worker who processed this.
Regards ... Tim.
That postcard is written in shorthand. That is what stenographers and secretaries used when dictated a letter. They could write as fast as the person was talking.
A number of people learned shorthand, so it is without a doubt that there was more than one person at the post office who could read it.
David
Thanks David!Very interesting; Do you have any idea what the message says?
Frank
Definitely looks like Gregg Shorthand.
http://gregg.angelfishy.net/analphbt.shtml
Thanks Poodle_Mum!
This postcard looks like it is written and addressed in a foreign language, but it was postmarked in Delaware and has a receiving cancel showing that the postcard arrived the next day. How did it make it to its destination? Can anyone decipher the message or address?
re: How did this 1905 postcard make it to its destination?
LOL ... I think they really lucked out with the postal worker who processed this.
Regards ... Tim.
re: How did this 1905 postcard make it to its destination?
That postcard is written in shorthand. That is what stenographers and secretaries used when dictated a letter. They could write as fast as the person was talking.
A number of people learned shorthand, so it is without a doubt that there was more than one person at the post office who could read it.
David
re: How did this 1905 postcard make it to its destination?
Thanks David!Very interesting; Do you have any idea what the message says?
Frank
re: How did this 1905 postcard make it to its destination?
Definitely looks like Gregg Shorthand.
http://gregg.angelfishy.net/analphbt.shtml
re: How did this 1905 postcard make it to its destination?
Thanks Poodle_Mum!