Thread: #78 F. Herder ABR Sohn, 5/8. Picked it up, curious to history, probable age etc.

Well, we are getting somewhere. At least we have dismissed the ridiculous proposition that it was anything to do with Joh. Abr. Herder. I really cannot see it as being a mistranslation - J does not look like an F and the & character cannot just magically appear out of the ether. I guess that a person translated what needed translating and that person would necessarily be fluent in both languages. On top of which there would have been proof reading and the authors final edit.

No, I dont buy mistranslation. Even babelfish could not make such an abysmal mistake as that!

Either the author knew something we do not (eg why a company with no one called Herder in it should change the name in this way), or he fell into the vernacular without bothering to check.

Whatever the reason, all the tang marks and all the company literature we have seen to date do not bear out a change of name in 1915.

I would be happy to be corrected, but like Dragnets Joe Friday would have said - "just give me the facts..."

Regards
Neil

It's probably my fault! The 70's were a bit blurry. I cannot recall how I substantiated what I wrote either!!

I have a Daniel Herder straight. How does this figure in? Thought there were no more Herders.

We were discussing a certain company, that there were no more Herders in that particular company does not mean that there were no more Herders left in the world!

Regards,
Neil

Affirmative, I went out today on my bicycle to get a bag of coffee beans and I'm pretty sure I saw a Herder. So there is partial confirmation of a Herder in Rockville, Maryland U.S.

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

We were discussing a certain company, that there were no more Herders in that particular company does not mean that there were no more Herders left in the world!

Regards,
Neil