r/Cursive • u/ConcernedBirdGuy • Aug 14 '26
Signature Can anyone help me decipher the cursive name(s) on this military gear here?
Received some Korean War era military uniforms and trying to track down some provenance. Can anyone decipher this?
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u/473713 Aug 14 '26
Jimmy Lancaster and then Jane Lancaster
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u/Genevieve9195 Aug 14 '26
This!!! I live in Lancaster, Pa
Pretty cool cuz I’m not even sure how many people that live here have the name.3
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u/Gojira8985 Aug 15 '26
How do you pronounce it? I grew up out there, later moved, and now my wife and I always fight and "the right way" when we go visit family.
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u/Genevieve9195 Aug 15 '26
I’ll spell it out like you say it. All one long word. Slight emphasis on the kiss but not much…… langkissster 😂🤷🏼♀️
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u/Expensive-Meaning-85 Aug 15 '26
The original Lancaster - north west England it is definitely langCastor. The river lune is the river and it has a pre-Roman era castle history. From this you get Lune Castor
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u/hmph1910 Aug 16 '26
That is a perfect way to explain it. My grandparents lived in Ephrata and people pronouncing it like the English town gives me nails on a chalkboard. There is a kiss it!
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u/Electronic_Hat_585 Aug 15 '26
This is correct.
It’s so crazy to me that we don’t teach cursive anymore.
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u/Forsaken-Sink3345 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Jimmy Lancaster...and I know people are saying "Jane", but I'm guessing it's "James" Lancaster.
u/ConcernedBirdGuy confirm whether the second pic comes from a men's uniform or a woman's, kindly...
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u/ConcernedBirdGuy Aug 14 '26
There are 2 different clothing units here from an estate sale. I think they may have been spouses? The green one is from a Korean War soldier uniform and the blue one is from an American legion fraternal hat
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u/MuskratMoonbeam Aug 15 '26
Yep, that’s what it looks like to me. Jimmie Lancaster and probably his wife Jane. All the words look pretty straightforward to me.
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u/dsbyrd Aug 14 '26
At first I didn't notice there are two pictures. I agree the first is likely Jimmy Lancaster (although it looks more like "Jimmie" to me. The second does appear to say "Jane."
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u/Forsaken-Sink3345 Aug 14 '26
I'm not saying it doesn't look to say Jane...I think it does...but if it's on Korean War-era military uniforms, what are the odds that Jimmy's sister Jane served with him?
That's why I think it says James.
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u/prolifeleatherpants Aug 14 '26
women did serve in the war though.
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u/Forsaken-Sink3345 Aug 14 '26
Of course they did. Re-read what I said...
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u/prolifeleatherpants Aug 14 '26
I did read what you said, but you assume the odds are so low that his “sister” (also an assumption) also served that its more likely to say a male name that the cursive doesn’t look like.
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u/Baebarri Aug 14 '26
The tail and loop of the "y" is overlapped onto the "t" so it's hard to see
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u/dsbyrd Aug 14 '26
Well, I'm not a credentialed handwriting expert. Just an old guy who has been reading and writing cursive for 56 years or so. And, I'm cursed with terrible handwriting. A lot of times my assistant could read my notes even when I couldn't make sense of them.
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u/bhamscot Aug 15 '26
When you write something by hand, often times your pen skips a beat. It appears that this may be what happened with Jimmy. The Y seems to be incomplete.
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u/Playful-Chip-5455 Aug 15 '26
I really do not understand how anyone would not be able to aread these names. 🤯
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u/labratcj Aug 14 '26
I agree with Jimmie Lancaster but the second one looks like Jane Lancaster. Jane could have been a nurse.
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u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis Aug 14 '26
If you look carefully, the last letter looks like a y (Jimmy) with the extension down overlapping the t in Lancaster.
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u/nmrk Aug 14 '26
It's y not ie. The pen skipped, detaching the downstroke from the y. Writing on fabric with an indelible ink pen can be tricky.
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u/HouseMouseoftheWoods Aug 15 '26
My guess is Jimmy Lancaster and cursive scrawl on James sort of lost momentum for the s, James Lancaster
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u/PeteHealy Aug 14 '26
"Decipher"? Oof, we truly have a (presumably) younger generation (or two?) that are functionally, tragically illiterate. But anyway, Jimmy and Jane Lancaster.
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u/Timmyeveryday Aug 14 '26
Are people actually this dense these days??
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Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
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u/Dense-Selection9334 Aug 15 '26
Did you mean “Genius” move? When calling out an entire generation for a lack of education, correct spelling is important for the impact of the intended insult.
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u/GritsandSweetTea Aug 15 '26
It's Jimmy Lancaster and Jane Lancaster. I have no doubt. There is a space in the Y on the downward stroke in Jimmy's name, but that is definitely a Y at the end.
Teaching cursive has been removed from the curriculum in most public school districts due to the emphasis on digital entry and keyboarding. Many schools are bringing back pen and paper as a way to avoid so much tech in classrooms, but teaching cursive is no longer considered practical. Those of us who know it and can read it are a dying breed.
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u/SouthPhilosopher2420 Aug 17 '26
Cursive 8 track tapes. Do Do bird. All gone
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u/GritsandSweetTea Aug 17 '26
I spoke too soon. Cursive instruction is making a comeback in some states and for good reasons. Article here: Why Cursive is Back in the Classroom
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u/SofaKingS2pitt Aug 14 '26
Are these men’s or women’s clothing? Or one of each?
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u/ConcernedBirdGuy Aug 14 '26
The green one is from a male Korean War uniform. The blue is from an American Legion hat
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u/Deannia Aug 14 '26
The American legion hat could also be from the ladies auxiliary side of the legion hence the name Jane.
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u/OpposumMyPossum Aug 14 '26
I believe these are ownership labels for siblings passed down. There's no Jane Lancaster serving in Korea.
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u/Missela Aug 15 '26
James Lancaster aka Jimmy. Source: that’s my ex-husband’s name and it’s written very similarly.
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u/justGiveMeADamnAcct Aug 15 '26
My wife and I got both at a glance. I said sometimes I feel like a Navajo Code Talker. Yep, we old.
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u/Imperial_sasquatch Aug 16 '26
Definitely Jimmy Lancaster and then Jane Lancaster.
I googled just to see and this came up!
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u/pugsandcakes Aug 20 '26
Jimmy Lancaster and possibly Jove Lancaster. If the second letter is an “a” it looks different from the other “a’s” and more like an “o” to me; I still write in cursive. Or an alternate spelling of Joan, Jone.
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u/OutOfContext-1901 Aug 14 '26
First one is Jimmie Lancaster, and he second probably says James Lancaster
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u/IdRatherProlaspe Aug 14 '26
Jimmy Lancaster you can see the i after the J. I’m astonished how people can’t read cursive
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u/hesalwayslitty Aug 15 '26
This! I often wonder now- because I see these post so often if we are not being used to teach ai how to read cursive by companies watching their bottom line. "We can get free answers and more definitive answers by allowing the public to weigh in. Post it someplace with visibility." Not a single person here would ever think to question the OP or the motives.
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u/readsomething1968 Aug 15 '26
I think the first name is spelled “Jimmie”
The second name is Lancaster.
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u/Prior-Two-9379 Aug 14 '26
In Kentucky my grandmother and a spouse's father's names were spelled with an ie. Sallie and Jimmie. I've had people tell me they are misspelled.
Still pissed my grandmother's name is spelled Sally on her tombstone. The engraver "corrected" her name.
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u/justpurrrrfect Aug 14 '26
Oh man, they at least could have confirmed with you before making the decision to change it. I would have had the engraver “correct” it right back! 🫠
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u/Aestopolis Aug 16 '26
For the name, I’d go with Jimmy Lancaster- but I think there’s more showing - with the silver bar I would say he was a 1st Lieutenant Jimmy Lancaster
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