A copperplate signature

[Ed]

I have been trying to decipher the signature that is linked below for
some time. I thinught that, perhaps, a group interested in writing
impliments might have contain some expertise in making sense of a
signature.

In any event, the signature is here

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Any help would certainly be appreciated.

Thanks

Ed

[Stephen Hust]

Post by Ed
I have been trying to decipher the signature that is linked
below for some time. I thinught that, perhaps, a group
interested in writing impliments might have contain some
expertise in making sense of a signature.
In any event, the signature is here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/Incitatus/Skeptics/signature.jpg

My guess: Mrs. Chas. [Charles] W. Storms.

[Bluesea]

Post by Ed
I have been trying to decipher the signature that is linked below for
some time. I thinught that, perhaps, a group interested in writing
impliments might have contain some expertise in making sense of a
signature.
In any event, the signature is here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/Incitatus/Skeptics/signature.jpg
Any help would certainly be appreciated.
Thanks
Ed

My vote is for "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."

[Brian Ketterling]

I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."

I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand. What era is it from?

Brian
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[Ed]

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand.  What era is it from?
Brian
--

Good question. I would guess around 1900. It was thumbtacked to the
bottom of an old wooden sculpture.

[Brian Ketterling]

Post by Ed

...What era is it from?

Good question. I would guess around 1900. It was thumbtacked to the
bottom of an old wooden sculpture.

Just a quick mention of a couple Google hits:


- A Charles W. Storms was Iowa State Auditor, 1933-39:
(http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#ROC01WIBB)

- A Charles W. Storms was the organist at the Fort Madison, Iowa* Elks
Lodge #374 as of 1947:
(http://www.elks.org/lodges/LodgePages.cfm?LodgeNumber=374&ID=653)

- The obituary of a Charles W. Storms, _the Second_, from Fort Madison IA,
was carried in the Portland Oregonian, 2009-2-18. Age 89, therefore b.
circa 1920:
(http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-OBIT/2009-03/1236118092)


*Fort Madison, home town of Sheaffer (and current home of Pendemonium)...
but the Missus used a dip pen!


Brian
--

[Bluesea]

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand.

It's curious that all her letters are neat and precise except for the "m"
that she left open and rather sprawling.

[Aaron W. Hsu]

Post by Bluesea

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand.

It's curious that all her letters are neat and precise except for the "m"
that she left open and rather sprawling.

Actually, a lot of the letters have a similar distortion from what
would be the Spencerian I have in the handbooks I have read. The 'm'
isn't actually too far off, except that it has much more rounded tops
and joins at the bottom than would have been expected. A few of the
other letters are similarly distorted.

Aaron W. Hsu

[Aaron W. Hsu]

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand. What era is it from?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It has many Spencerian type
qualities, and if it is from the early 1900s, that would probably still
be in the right range for some Spencerian writing.

Aaron W. Hsu

[Ed]

Post by Aaron W. Hsu

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version of
Spencerian, or a similar business hand.  What era is it from?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It has many Spencerian type
qualities, and if it is from the early 1900s, that would probably still
be in the right range for some Spencerian writing.
    Aaron W. Hsu
--
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

It could certainly be earlier, but probably not by much.

Here is a color close up of the last name.

Thanks for your thoughts...

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[Aaron W. Hsu]

Post by Ed

Post by Aaron W. Hsu

Post by Brian Ketterling
I'll third that: "Mrs. Chas W. Storms."
I wouldn't really call it Copperplate, though -- more like her version o=

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Post by Aaron W. Hsu

Post by Brian Ketterling
Spencerian, or a similar business hand. =A0What era is it from?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It has many Spencerian type
qualities, and if it is from the early 1900s, that would probably still
be in the right range for some Spencerian writing.
=A0 =A0 Aaron W. Hsu
--
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

It could certainly be earlier, but probably not by much.
Here is a color close up of the last name.
Thanks for your thoughts...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/Incitatus/Bishop/Signaturelarge.jpg

You know, I could also see Storrus or Stovus out of that too, but I
think Storms is probably the better guess. The angle on the last two
humps before the final s in that curve down on the left side instead of
out, which possible for an 'm' but not something I would expect given
the proportions of the rest of the letters.

Aaron W. Hsu