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Handschrift - handwriting

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Who wrote these handwritten sevens?

As you can see on this website, in this handwriting script the 7 has a curved top and the horizontal line in the mid: According to Wikipedia this font was used up to the mid of the 20th century in the …
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Help deciphering a handwritten marriage record

So I'll try it: 2. October 13. Proclamation dispensirt durch den Oberkirchenrath d.d. 6. Octbr 1865. Knecht hieselbst geboren 1837 Novbr. 13. Mädchen hieselbst geboren 1834 Juli 28. Tagelöhner zu Wi …
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Handwriting: Prefixes on German words

This prefix is Haus so the entire word is "Hausmutter". This is today the same as a "Hausfrau" (housewife) and according to the Grimm'sche Wörterbuch the leader of a big household.
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Help with making out handwriting-like engraving on a silver cigarette case

It is German and the second line is written in Kurrent. The first line is written in "normal" script, which implies a name, personal or local. The first line reads Pfann Hptm [Pfann Cptn.] H …
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Can anyone translate the writing on the back of this postcard from 1936?

And additional to Takkat's answer the postal address reads: Frau Karl M [...] rmann in Kalkar Kr. Kleve Niederrhein "Kr." is the abbreviation for "Kreis" which is the administrative dis …
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