worked with, eh, chapelier. with ? natalia: with a hat maker. anthony: hat maker? i m pretty sure he said hat maker. which, i have to say, disappoints me, like, a lot. natalia: and here you see chapelier. anthony: the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project runway contestants of their day? eduardo: in 1855, lópez s son arrived to asunción. anthony: right, with madame lynch? eduardo: with madame lynch. anthony: madame lynch was fond of, uh, things like french, uh, couture. eduardo: yes, yes, and that changed the way of dress in asuncion. anthony: madame lynch might ve been good for business. i m trying to put this at a light i could be enthusiastic about. like, how clearly forward thinking my relatives were. his customers, as a hat maker, the very people who treated madame lynch with such utter contempt. did they live in the colonial homes, the old mansions that we see still in asuncion, that type of residence? eduardo: yes.
crack a little bit. anthony: uh-huh. so are you suggesting something untoward? peter: weapons. anthony: weapons? peter: yeah. anthony: he was a merchant of death? awesome. you know, my aunt always said he was a gun-runner. we figured she was fulof . i mean, she also said she was in the resistance, you know, but everybody in france said that. arms? so, was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker, ash arms are all these local researchers, historians, and geniuses on the money re? was great-great-great-grampy an arms dealer? so what hat maker needs two hundred tons of gunpowder? i ve got you now jean bourdain. i ve got you now. or was he simply a party supplier selling fine french hats and little fire crackers to school kids?
merchandising, it was definitely not hats. really? we have here jean bourdain. right. and what is he bringing? 200 boxes of fireworks. fireworks? fireworks. like firecrackers? there is not even more than 200 or 300 wealthy families who sometimes in the birthday would crack a little bit. uh-huh. so are you suggesting something untoward? weapons. weapons. yeah. he was a merchant of death? awesome. my aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was full of it. she also said she was in the resistance, but everybody in france said that. arms. so was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker/arms?
interesting. your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. the facts as i know them so far, i think are this. my great, great, great granddad, jean, his son, also named jean came to uruguay to live with his uncle. 1850, john bourdain moves. this is the document we have showing him arriving. there he is. in that time, he works with a with a hat maker. hat maker? i m pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me, like a lot. the whole elusive wing of south american bourdains were project runway contestants of their day? in 1855 lopez son arrives
with madame lynch. madame lynch was fond of things like french couture. yes. and that changed the way of dress. madam lynch might have been good for business. i try to put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, like how clearly forward-thinking my relatives were. his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam lynch with utter contempt, did they live in the old colonial homes, the mansions we see still? that type of residence? yes. times were changing in south america too, in those days. society ladies craved the latest in french fashion. there was money to be made. ah, i m bummed. after this episode with the new bordeaux group came a triple alliance war. jean bourdain died in 1858. yes. it was a good time to die,