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Title: Help with inscription on photo (German)
Post by: sylphide500 on Wednesday 30 April 14 10:47 BST (UK)

Trying to decipher the first three words on this photograph.

I can read below: London 27/9/1864 Dein E Bobardt.
And I can read the lines written on the short side as ... Auf ein fröhliches Wiedersehen in Amerika

Thanks for your help.
Marianne

Title: Re: Help with inscription on photo (German)
Post by: JustinL on Wednesday 30 April 14 18:01 BST (UK)

I can read:

? lieben Burgdorf

Justin

Title: Re: Help with inscription on photo (German)
Post by: Rudolf H B on Thursday 05 June 14 21:43 BST (UK)

Auf ein fröhliches Wiedersehen in Amerika
im lieben (cosy) Burgdorf.

London 27/9/1864
Dein E Bobardt.

Some years too early for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgdorf,_Idaho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgdorf,_Idaho).

Best regards
Rudolf

Title: Re: Help with inscription on photo (German)
Post by: Cadenus on Sunday 08 June 14 22:53 BST (UK)

There are/were also several towns called Burgdorf in Germany.

http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/ortsbuchbu.html

Title: Re: Help with inscription on photo (German)
Post by: Rudolf H B on Sunday 08 June 14 23:18 BST (UK)

And there is a town in Switzerland ...
but there might have been several places "Burgdorf" in the States,

somewhere in the WWW you will find a database with geographical names in the USA.

Best regards Rudolf