Balloon Pics

[Ritterton]

THANK YOU GUYS!! I had pulled down my dictionary and tried to find something that would match up but no such luck.

:googles: top honors to those that were helping this newbie!

R

[Varese2002]

There are more excellent sites to come (somewhat) at grips with the difficult Sütterlin and Frakturschrift [Black Letter] used in original German and Austro-hungarian documents.

Alte deutsche Schriften

also in English language version!

Deutsche Schreibschrift Klaus Düring

you can even install the Sütterlin fonts on a Windows PC - unfortunately I have not seen it for a Mac till now

There was an online course in Sütterlin made available by one of the Universities in Germany, but I could not find it again.

Cheers

Kees

[Rod_Filan]

I have several of different styles, but I find this attached chart the most helpful when translating deutsche Handschrift written by airmen.
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Cheers

[SCMc]

Does anyone know what is going on in the lower right corner of the uncropped photo?

Steve

[Ritterton]

Originally Posted by SCMc

Does anyone know what is going on in the lower right corner of the uncropped photo?

Steve

Steve - it's the Kite Balloon's tail, I believe, here is a zoom of that lower portion and also of the crew members down below.




R

[Jenny]

IF you want help with Sutterlin, ask Royalla. She knows EVERYTHING in regards to translating chicken scratching. Jenny

[Varese2002]

Originally Posted by Ritterton

The image here has been slightly altered from the original's faded appearance by playing with the scanner's contrast.

I just spent some time trying to improve this beauty of a faded picture. To let ik look more 'historic' I choosen a sepia tint



Cheers

Kees

[Ritterton]

Kees - I have been playing with the contrast on some of these - especially the very faded one like this - but not in SEPIA. Wow, beautiful.

Thanks for sharing your efforts on that.

R

[Ritterton]

Originally Posted by Jenny

IF you want help with Sutterlin, ask Royalla. She knows EVERYTHING in regards to translating chicken scratching. Jenny

Thanks Jenny - have not had the privilege to make her acquaintance. So will have to say hello. Appreciate the lead!

R

P.S. - nice to meet you too!

[Ritterton]

Hey folks - sorry for the silence - been swamped with travel and things at the office. Plus, I just haven't won all that many of these images of late. Was really excited about this one - until it arrived in a crumpled envelope. Seems the US postage processing machine crumpled the envelope. Some damage to the image - but it pressed ok - and scanned well. This one appears to be painted black or in a black uniform material unlike others I have acquired. Really like the picture of the whole unit. Will start working on the translation when I get a pause.