Postcard from C. Martin-Germain to... (1913)

NRA-L-000283 / 1913

Postcard from C. Martin-Germain to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils sending empty containers to be returned filled with absinthe, September 9, 1913

C. Martin-Germain reports sending two cases containing one hundred empty litre containers and asks that they be returned filled to Cornimont station on the usual terms.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000283

NRA-L-000283 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by C. Martin-Germain to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000283 image 2 showing the handwritten message from C. Martin-Germain to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000283
Date: 1913-09-09
Original date: Ventron, le 9 7bre 1913
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: C. Martin-Germain
Recipient: Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils
Places: Ventron, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000283.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

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

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie
Maison Pernod fils
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
VENTRON / VOSGES / 18 5 / 10 - 9 / 13
VENTRON / VOSGES / 18 5 / 10 - 9 / 13
[Red 10c postage stamp: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / POSTES]

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

FRENCH REPUBLIC
POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co.
Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
VENTRON / VOSGES / 18 5 / 10 - 9 / 13
VENTRON / VOSGES / 18 5 / 10 - 9 / 13
[Red 10c postage stamp: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / POSTES]

Message text

Original transcript

VINS & SPIRITUEUX EN GROS
HÔTEL DU FRÈRE JOSEPH
Ancienne Maison Gustave Valroff
C. MARTIN-GERMAIN, Successeur
VENTRON (Vosges)
Gare Cornimont

Ventron, le 9 7bre 1913

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie,
Pontarlier,

Je vous ai adressé ce jour, franco gare de Pontarlier, deux caisses contenant 100 litres vides, que je vous prie de me retourner remplis, exp[édition] gare de Cornimont, aux conditions habituelles.

Recevez, Messieurs, mes bien sincères salutations.

C. Martin-Germain

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER / DOUBS / 11 - 9 / 13

Message text

English translation

WHOLESALE WINES AND SPIRITS
HÔTEL DU FRÈRE JOSEPH
Former Maison Gustave Valroff
C. MARTIN-GERMAIN, Successor
VENTRON (Vosges)
Cornimont station

Ventron, 9 September 1913

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co., Pontarlier,

Today I sent you, carriage paid to Pontarlier station, two cases containing one hundred empty litre containers. Please return them to me filled, dispatched to Cornimont station, on the usual terms.

Yours sincerely,

C. Martin-Germain

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER / DOUBS / 11 - 9 / 13

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Returnable containers
Cases
Litres
Rail transport
C. Martin-Germain
Veil-Picard & Cie
Maison Pernod Fils
Ventron
Cornimont
Pontarlier

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