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Old 01-29-2019, 01:09 PM
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Default Looking for someone who reads German

I am of German descent and I've recently acquired a wooden food chest that my great-great-grandfather brought from Germany to Chicago in 1856. The wooden chest has hand writing in paint on the front which reads "Dietrich ????? aus Beckedorf uber New York nach Schicago Speise Kiste" . We suspect the translation for this is "Dietrich ??? from Beckedorf by way of New York to Chicago - Food Chest" But the paint is fading and there is one word we can not read or figure out what it means. I wonder if there are someone on the TOTV forum than can help me translate. I can send a photo of the words on the chest, including the word we can not identify.