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Serviguía Opina de la Ciudad de La Habana, 1988–89 (Havana services directory)
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Softcover services directory/guidebook for the city of Havana, cover-titled "SERVIGUIA · OPINA · DE LA CIUDAD DE LA HABANA · 88-89," priced $1.00. The interior title page reads "SERVI-GUIA OPINA — Directorio General de Servicios, Ciudad de La Habana," alphabetized by service type and street, dated Enero 1989 (edition closed 1988). Contents list state services available to Havana's population (drawn from Poder Popular and central-state organisms), with sections including emergency services ("Servicios de Urgencia" — ambulancia, bomberos, patrulla PNR, taxis, etc., illustrated with line drawings) and a consumer-education page on reading electricity meters ("No lo pierda de vista"). The back cover carries a colour advertisement for the Banco Popular de Ahorro featuring the mascot "Ahorrito" ("Asegure su deseo, INCREMENTE su cuenta de ahorro… El banco de la familia cubana"). Manuscript annotation in ink on the emergency-services page (a phone number for "Matutino").
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A late-1980s Havana state consumer-service directory produced within the orbit of the magazine Opina and its parent institute, ICIODI. These publications were part of the Cuban state's consumer-orientation apparatus, guiding the public to state services during a period of centralized distribution. Documents everyday urban life, state services, and consumer culture in Havana on the eve of the "Período Especial."
The Cabrera Arús family collection
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Cover: "SERVIGUIA"; "OPINA"; "DE LA CIUDAD DE LA HABANA"; "88-89"; "$1.00"; "ISSN-0138-8924"; spine "SERVIGUIA DE LA CIUDAD DE LA HABANA 1988-89" Title page: "SERVI-GUIA OPINA — Directorio General de Servicios, Ciudad de La Habana… Enero 1989 (Actualización y cierre de la edición: 1988). Editada por UPI OPINA y otras publicaciones" Credits page: "Proyecto y Realización — Departamento de Campañas — Dirección de Orientación del Consumo — Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones y Orientación de la Demanda Interna (ICIODI)" Back cover: "Asegure su deseo, INCREMENTE su cuenta de ahorro"; "AHORRITO"; "BANCO POPULAR DE AHORRO — El banco de la familia cubana" ISSN 0138-8924 Manuscript (ink) on p. V: "Matutino: 61-9811 al 19" (added phone number)
1 softcover booklet (self-covered/stapled)
ICIODI
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
1988
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
0138-8924
Fair
ICIODI
producer
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use, production