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Originally Posted by Ritterton
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You have acquired interesting pictures, thanks for showing them. The handwriting is the contemporary German writing called Sütterlin, which can be read using available information on the internet. One of the best can be found
here. This reference is a table showing the contemporary letters, written in Sütterlin and a lot of older German handwriting in use during the 17th - 19th century. It is essential to read in Sütterlin when doing original research in German archives on archive documents before ca. 1930 / 1940.
On the backside of the picture is written:
Fesselballon bei <<Name>>
I can make at least something of the name of the Place where there this picture of the balloon is taken.
It might be:
12li5sontaine
The part of name that is identified at least hints to a French town. Hopefully there are other forum members who can take a shot at the name.
Cheers
Kees