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Inscribed keepsake coaster for "Yola," signed, 1984

Object/Artifact

Front: round Czechoslovak pub/beer coaster, pulpboard, printed with a circular garland of green ivy/grape leaves and black tendrils around the rim. At center, added later in blue ballpoint, "Yola:" (with underscores beneath) and, across the top, the date "14/12/84." Reverse: blue-ballpoint inscription, dated "14/12/84": "¡Cómo diría el filósofo Calderón! ¡De[…] queridos amiguitos! No nos fuimos pero nos iremos." ("As the philosopher Calderón would say! …dear little friends! We haven't left yet, but we will.") Below are the signatures of several friends (illegible flourishes).

Circular coaster made of brown fiber with a circular design of an ivy wreath in the middle. A written note in the center spells "Yola," written in blue pen ink. Circular coaster made of brown fiber with a circular design of an ivy wreath in the middle. A written note in the center spells "Yola," written in blue pen ink. Inscribed keepsake coaster for "Yola," signed, 1984 - Image 2 Inscribed keepsake coaster for "Yola," signed, 1984 - Image 2
Inscribed keepsake coaster for "Yola," signed, 1984 - Image 2

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Brought form Czechoslovakia by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo

It belongs with the collection's other inscribed coasters from the same milieu (the Paco/Leo notes of 1985), documenting the social life, farewells, and aspirations of Cuban technicians in Czechoslovakia.

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Leopoldo Arús Caraballo collection

2025.1

12/14/1984

1980s

Czechoslovakia

Eastern Europe

Europe

Coaster: printer/maker unidentified (generic decorative garland coaster). Inscription: by the signatories (Miguel, Pepito, and others), addressed to Yola; hand-dated 14 December 1984.

Note

front

Yola

Spanish

name

Note

back

14/12/84 Como diria el filosofo Calderon! De... queridos amiguitos! No nos fuimos pero nos iremos (signatures following)

Spanish

14/12/84 As the philosopher Calderon would say! What the... dear friends! We did not leave, but we will (signatures following)

Ink

11 cm

Cardboard

Printed pulpboard (front garland); blue ballpoint ink (both sides).

Fair

Leopoldo Arús Caraballo

owner

Czechoslovakia

Eastern Europe

Europe