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"Лента магнитная" (Magnetic Tape) Type А4407-6Б Reel-to-Reel Recording Tape in Box
Object/Artifact
Boxed open-reel magnetic recording tape, with tape wound on the reel. The square paperboard carton is printed front and back. The front (Image 1) carries the product name, a square logo enclosing a three-spoke reel device (upper right), a pasted-on label inscribed by hand "CINTA #2," the type and length, and a bold geometric starburst in brown, orange, yellow, and grey converging on a small central roundel (a maritime/wave emblem) over which a "2" has been written by hand; "CINTA #2" is also penciled across the artwork. The back (Image 2) bears the plant's ship-in-circle emblem and name, ruled index lines (one filled), specification and price text, an "ОТК-8" quality-control stamp, and a faint ink batch/date stamp. Inside is a reel of dark oxide tape on a clear three-spoke plastic hub with metal flanges (Image 3); the flange is molded with the plant's ship emblem, and the hub and tape pack carry orange grease-pencil "#" hash marks. Reel diameter approximately 15 cm (tentative; no scale in frame). The tape is recorded/used. The reel and box are a matched set (the molded flange emblem matches the printed plant logo).
2025.1.318
The Pereslavl Chemical Plant (Переславский химический завод, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl Oblast) descended from the Pereslavl film factory No. 5, was reorganized under that name in 1964, and became the core of the "Slavich" production association built up across the 1970s–80s; it was a major Soviet producer of photographic film and magnetic tape. The Spanish-language labeling ("Cinta #2 / Cinta 2," i.e., "Tape #2") identifies this as the second reel in a Spanish-speaking owner's numbered series.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
2025.1
Pereslavsky Chemical Plant
1970s
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Yaroslavl Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
type А4407-6Б — polyester ("lavsan")-base recording tape, ~37 µm thick, 375 m, per Soviet technical sources
Date: circa 1975–1982; post-1975 (the box cites ГОСТ 21402.2-75). The "Переславский химический завод" imprint (rather than "Славич") supports a date before the association's full rebranding; narrower dating tentative pending the batch/date stamp.
Note
Label
box front
cinta #2
Spanish
tape #2
Label
Ink
Inscription
box front
Russian
MAGNETIC TAPE TYPE A 4407-6B 375 METERS PERESLAVSKY CHEMICAL PLANT
Printed
brand is generic for "magnetic tape"
Inscription
back of box
Russian
PERESLAVSKY CHEMICAL PLANT OTK-8 GOST 21402.2-75 PRICE 4 RUB. 75 COP. PARTY No. RELEASE DATE
Printed
Note
back of box
Cinta #2 CINTA 2
Spanish
TAPE #2 TAPE 2
Ink
Note
reel
#1
Box front, printed (Russian; English in brackets): "ЛЕНТА МАГНИТНАЯ" [Magnetic tape]; "ТИП А 4407-6Б" [Type A4407-6B]; "375 МЕТРОВ" [375 meters]; "ПЕРЕСЛАВСКИЙ ХИМИЧЕСКИЙ ЗАВОД" [Pereslavl Chemical Plant]; a square emblem enclosing a three-spoke reel device; a central roundel emblem (maritime/wave motif). Box front, applied/handwritten: pasted label "CINTA #2" (ink); "CINTA #2" in pencil across the artwork; a "2" written in the central roundel. Box back, printed: ship-over-waves plant emblem; "ПЕРЕСЛАВСКИЙ ХИМИЧЕСКИЙ ЗАВОД"; ruled index lines; "ГОСТ 21402.2—75"; "ЦЕНА 4 РУБ. 75 КОП." [Price 4 rubles 75 kopecks]; field headings "ПАРТИЯ №" [Batch No.] and "ДАТА ВЫПУСКА" [Date of issue]. Box back, stamped: "ОТК-8" [Technical Control Dept. 8]; a faint ink batch/date stamp (not legibly resolved). Box back, handwritten: "Cinta 2" (blue ballpoint, on the first ruled line); faint "CINTA #2" (green). Reel, molded: ship-over-waves plant emblem on a flange; a "1" near the rim; hub molding. User marks: orange grease-pencil "#" hash marks and loops on the hub and tape pack.
15.5 cm
15.5 cm
1 cm
(1) printed paperboard carton; (2) tape reel (clear plastic three-spoke hub with metal flanges); (3) wound magnetic recording tape.
Cardboard
Plastic
Paperboard and printed paper (carton and pasted label); transparent molded plastic reel hub; metal (aluminum, tentative) flanges; polyester-base magnetic tape (oxide-coated "lavsan," per type designation); graphite, ballpoint ink, and grease pencil (annotations).
Fair
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Yaroslavl Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
Soviet technical sources list tapes А4402-6, А4407-6Б, and А4409-6Б at 37 µm thickness for amateur recording, and dealer listings corroborate А4407-6Б at 375 m; the type was produced to a common standard by multiple Soviet plants (e.g., Svema), but this box is specifically the Pereslavl plant's. The cited "ГОСТ 21402.2—75" sets a post-1975 production date.