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title: Postcard from Crozet Frères to Pernod Fils ordering four twenty-four-litre cases of Pernod absinthe for transfer to the tramway, July 22, 1896
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identifier: NRA-L-000371
description: Crozet Frères order four cases of twenty-four litres each, a total of ninety-six litres of Pernod absinthe, for Saint-Victor-Thizy station and transfer to the tramway.
date: 1896-07-22
sort date: 1896-07-22
item sequence: 000371
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Order
language: French
language: fr
creator: Crozet Frères
recipient: Maison Pernod Fils
recipient: Maison Pernod
recipient: Pernod Fils
place sent: Thizy, France
spatial: Thizy, France
spatial: Saint-Victor-Thizy station, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Pernod
subject: Orders
subject: Cases
subject: Litres
subject: Rail transport
subject: Tramways
subject: Crozet Frères
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Thizy
subject: Saint-Victor-Thizy
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: Maison Pernod @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: [Rectangular stamp:] CROZET FRERES / * 22 JUIL 96 * / THIZY (RHONE) [Circular postmark:] THIZY / 4E 22 / JUIL / 96 / RHONE [Circular postmark:] PONTARLIER / 7 1/2 / 23 / JUIL / 96 / DOUBS [Circular postmark, partially illegible:] [...] / 96 / RH[...] [Postage stamp:] REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 10 / POSTES Later annotations: 608 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] Maison Pernod Expédiez-nous de suite 4 caisses de 24 lit. chacune, soit 96 litres d'absinthe Pernod. Crozet frères Gare St-Victor-Thizy, p[ou]r remettre au tramway. [[notes]] Later annotations: 4287 Négts 30 d @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. Maison Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: [Rectangular stamp:] CROZET FRERES / * 22 JUIL 96 * / THIZY (RHONE) [Circular postmark:] THIZY / 4E 22 / JUIL / 96 / RHONE [Circular postmark:] PONTARLIER / 7 1/2 / 23 / JUIL / 96 / DOUBS [Circular postmark, partially illegible:] [...] / 96 / RH[...] [Postage stamp:] REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 10 / POSTES Later annotations: 608
public translation: [[label: Message text]] Maison Pernod Send us immediately four cases of twenty-four litres each, making ninety-six litres of Pernod absinthe in total. Crozet frères Saint-Victor-Thizy station, to be transferred to the tramway. [[notes]] Later annotations: 4287 Merchants 30 days
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provenance: Private collection, Neruda Archives.
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rights holder: Neruda Archives
bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000371.
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: No manuscript dateline is present; the Crozet Frères date cachet and Thizy dispatch postmark are dated 22 July 1896, and the Pontarlier arrival postmark 23 July 1896. Origin evidence: The dateline, business cachet and postal evidence identify the place of origin. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Maison Pernod Fils; textual addressee — Maison Pernod.
transcription status: Image-checked raw transcription
translation status: Image-checked English translation
date certainty: Inferred
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.

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