{"product_id":"1917-french-flour-mill-invoice-marseille","title":"1917 French Flour Mill Invoice – Minoterie de la Méditerranée, Marseille","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal French ephemera: a commercial flour mill invoice dated 8 October 1917, issued by C. Caplat of the Minoterie de la Méditerranée in Marseille.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe document features a particularly attractive illustrated letterhead showing the \u003cstrong\u003eMinoterie de la Méditerranée factory complex\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with the wording \u003cstrong\u003e“Usine électrique perfectionnée”\u003c\/strong\u003e, the name \u003cstrong\u003eC. Caplat\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the address \u003cstrong\u003e82 Avenue de St-Just, Marseille\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe invoice is addressed to \u003cstrong\u003eMadame Pons\u003c\/strong\u003e, identified as a \u003cem\u003edroguerie\u003c\/em\u003e. Its handwritten commercial entries include \u003cstrong\u003e“Moutarde” (mustard)\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e“Chanvre” (hemp)\u003c\/strong\u003e, with quantities and prices entered in the ruled accounting section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA purple fiscal\/business marking with a revenue stamp remains attached to the lower portion of the document, adding further interest to this piece of French commercial and administrative history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eDating from \u003cstrong\u003e1917, during the First World War\u003c\/strong\u003e, this invoice is an evocative example of early twentieth-century Marseille trade, flour milling and food-related commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 October 1917\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBusiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e C. 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The edges and corners show minor wear, including small creases and slight edge damage. A small tear or loss is visible along the right edge. 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