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hermansupreme t1_je2a0hi wrote

Reply to comment by juicebronston in I'm trying to solve a mystery. Can anyone help identify "Dale" as shown in this WWII photo that was found in the archives of YMCA Camp Takodah in Richmond? by graemeknows

But look at the i in the word “big” above that. The i is loopy and large. If that is an i below in the capital D it is very different in many ways.

Also, look at the h is “wishes”. That shorter hump is connected to the talk loop… the lower part of the k should also be attached but is not.

I think it is “Dale”

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juicebronston t1_je2d2ve wrote

Very valid observations, the only thing I have to add is that one’s signature does not always totally match one’s general handwriting.

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Hot-Specialist-6824 t1_je2kf5o wrote

I thought it was Dale at first until I zoomed in a bit. The ''i" is mostly hidden by the "D", but it's clearly there, and that accounts for the dot above. And the c & k become clear also when you pinch and zoom a bit.

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stevejdolphin t1_je5weph wrote

The i in "big" is very smudged and can't tell us much. An h is not going to be written the same way as a k by many people.

The transition into the e's above is much more informative to me. As is typical there is a smooth connection from the preceding letter to those e's. In the signature there is a very sharp upturn marking the bottom of a k where stroke reverses at the bottom of the stem to form the secondary loop of a cursive k.

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