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Title Proper/Title Text
Palazzina del nitrato di soda del Chilì e campo sperimentale

Name of Publisher/Creator Identity
Alfieri & Lacroix

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated June 6, 1911 on the verso)

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Sodium Nitrate Kiosk

Descriptive Note Text

This postcard reproduces a watercolor of the Sodium nitrate kiosk. Sodium nitrate is an alkali metal nitrate salt that is commonly known as Chile saltpeter because large deposits of sodium nitrate were historically mined almost exclusively from the Atacama desert in northern Chile. The kiosk was located in the Pilonetto area, next to the Agricolture Pavilion.

The postcard was mailed to Caserta, Italy, on June 6, 1911.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-SNPA-0001