Postcard from Camille Vivier to... (1905)

NRA-L-000282 / 1905

Postcard from Camille Vivier to Veil-Picard & Cie ordering a fifty-litre cask of absinthe and advertising pictures, September 17, 1905

Camille Vivier requests immediate shipment of a fifty-litre cask of absinthe due by September 20 and asks for advertising pictures to be included.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000282

NRA-L-000282 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Camille Vivier to Veil-Picard & Cie, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000282 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Camille Vivier to Veil-Picard & Cie, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000282
Date: 1905-09-17
Original date: Vesoul, le 17 7bre 1905
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Camille Vivier
Recipient: Veil-Picard & Cie
Places: Vesoul, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000282.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

CARTE POSTALE
Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse.

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie
Fab[rican]ts d'absinthe
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER 6 30 18 7 05 DOUBS
VESOUL 15 17 7 05 HTE-SAONE
10c red French postage stamp

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co.
Absinthe manufacturers
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER 6 30 18 7 05 DOUBS
VESOUL 15 17 7 05 HTE-SAONE
10c red French postage stamp

Message text

Original transcript

ÉPICERIE FINE
AU JARDIN DE PROVENCE
Vins fins, Spiritueux et Liqueurs
Camille VIVIER
9, rue Leblond, VESOUL

Vesoul, le 17 7bre 1905

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie,
Pontarlier,

Veuillez, je vous prie, m'expédier de suite 1 f[ût] 50 lit[res] absinthe que vous avez à me livrer le 20 courant.
[A v/ lieu ?]
Vous voudrez bien joindre tableaux-réclame, s.v.p.

Agréez mes salutations empressées.

Camille Vivier

Notes

Later annotations:
Spéciale ou ordinaire ?

2162

Message text

English translation

FINE GROCERY
AU JARDIN DE PROVENCE
Fine wines, spirits and liqueurs
Camille VIVIER
9 rue Leblond, VESOUL

Vesoul, 17 September 1905

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co., Pontarlier,

Please send me immediately one fifty-litre cask of absinthe, which you are to deliver to me on the 20th of this month.
[Unclear short notation.]
Please also include advertising pictures.

Yours sincerely,

Camille Vivier

Notes

Later annotations:
Special or ordinary?

2162

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Casks
Litres
Advertising
Camille Vivier
Veil-Picard & Cie
Vesoul
Pontarlier

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