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title: Postcard from G. Theiler to Vieil-Picard, Maison Pernod Fils sending an empty cask for its customary return, March 19, 1891
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identifier: NRA-L-000355
description: G. Theiler of the Grand Café-Restaurant de Madrid in Lyon tells Vieil-Picard at Maison Pernod Fils that an empty cask has been sent and asks for it to be returned as usual; a later note records 121 litres.
date: 1891-03-19
temporal: Lyon, le 19 mars 1891
sort date: 1891-03-19
item sequence: 000355
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Container return
language: French
language: fr
creator: G. Theiler
recipient: Vieil-Picard, Maison Pernod Fils
place sent: Lyon, France
spatial: Lyon, France
subject: Absinthe trade
subject: Empty containers
subject: Casks
subject: Returns
subject: Grand Café-Restaurant de Madrid
subject: G. Theiler
subject: Vieil-Picard
subject: Maison Pernod Fils
subject: Lyon
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: GRAND CAFÉ-RESTAURANT DE MADRID @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. Monsieur Vieil-Picard Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: [postmark] PONTARLIER 20 MARS 01 DOUBS [postmark] LYON 19 MARS 01 LES TERREAUX [postmark] LYON 19 MARS 01 LES TERREAUX [postage stamp] POSTE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] GRAND CAFÉ-RESTAURANT DE MADRID G. THEILER, PROPRE SUCCR DE MATTUSSI & COLLEMBERG 4, RUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, 4 LYON Lyon, le 19 mars 1891 Monsieur Vieil-Picard Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier Je viens de vous adresser ma futaille vide et je vous prie, sitôt reçue, de me la renvoyer comme d'habitude. Recevez, je vous prie, mes salutations sincères. G. Theiler [[notes]] Later annotations: 1 fût 121 litres @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. Mr Vieil-Picard Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: [postmark] PONTARLIER 20 MARS 01 DOUBS [postmark] LYON 19 MARS 01 LES TERREAUX [postmark] LYON 19 MARS 01 LES TERREAUX [postage stamp] POSTE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
public translation: [[label: Message text]] GRAND CAFÉ-RESTAURANT DE MADRID G. THEILER, PROPRIETOR SUCCESSOR TO MATTUSSI & COLLEMBERG 4 RUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE LYON Lyon, 19 March 1891 Mr Vieil-Picard Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier I have just sent you my empty cask and ask you, as soon as you receive it, to send it back to me as usual. Please accept my sincere greetings. G. Theiler [[notes]] Later annotations: One 121-litre cask
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provenance: Private collection, Neruda Archives.
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000355.
research status: Both complete postcard captures, address-first documentary order, transcription, complete English translation, names, dates, quantities, postal evidence and public metadata were directly image-checked; any materially uncertain reading remains explicitly qualified. Date evidence: The manuscript dateline states Lyon, le 19 mars 1891. Origin evidence: The dateline, business cachet and postal evidence identify the place of origin.
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translation status: Image-checked English translation
date certainty: Exact
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.

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