Saddle-stitched paper songbook with a color-printed cover on a black ground (limited palette of black, blue, white, and red-orange). The cover cartoon shows a figure singing joyfully in a shower — showerhead raining drops, musical notes, soap bubbles, one arm flung up — holding an open copy of this same "Cantemos…" booklet, a recursive image that reprints the cover in miniature. The title "CANTEMOS…" runs across the top in white; a circular "20¢" price roundel sits at upper left; the lower zone carries the Radio Progreso logo (a stylized rainbow-striped "P") with "RADIO PROGRESO" and the slogan "la onda de la alegría." Signed "FiG/79" at lower center. Interior not shown.

A leather-bound book in the classic Aguilar publisher's house style of mid-twentieth-century deluxe omnibus editions of world-literature classics containing the complete short stories of Anton Chekhov in Spanish translation. Third edition, 1962. Maroon/burgundy textured leatherette binding with elaborate gilt-stamped decoration including an oval portrait vignette of Chekhov on the cover and a geometric chevron pattern on the spine. A red ribbon bookmark is sewn into the binding. DESCRIPTION: BINDING: Dark maroon / burgundy textured leatherette (likely faux-leather or "skivertex" — the standard Aguilar mid-century binding material; possibly real leather in some printings) covering both the front and back boards and wrapping around the spine. The binding has a distinctive pebbled / grained surface texture characteristic of mid-century Spanish bookbinding. FRONT COVER: An elaborate gilt-stamped design on the maroon ground: - An oval cartouche / vignette in the center of the cover, gilt-stamped with the portrait of Anton Chekhov (an image based on a well-known photographic portrait of Chekhov from the 1890s–early 1900s) - "Antón Chéjov" curving above the portrait in gilt script - "Cuentos Completos" curving below the portrait in gilt script (a curved ribbon-banner motif) - A decorative gilt rectangular frame border around the cover perimeter - Subtle gilt corner ornaments SPINE: Gilt-stamped lettering "ANTÓN CHÉJOV" at the head, with "CUENTOS COMPLETOS" below, followed by two small stars (**) indicating either the volume number in a multi-volume set OR an Aguilar series designation. A decorative geometric chevron / herringbone pattern in gilt covers the middle portion of the spine. The Aguilar publisher's logo appears at the foot of the spine, with "AGUILAR" lettered below it. RIBBON BOOKMARK: A red silk or rayon ribbon bookmark is sewn into the head of the book EDGES: Gilded , characteristic of the Aguilar deluxe-edition format.

Cuban children's picture‑domino set in a square illustrated cardboard box. The lid art shows two rosy‑cheeked children with animals (elephant, parrot, deer, fish, cat) in a bright mod style, titled "DOMINÓ de figuras," noting "contiene 45 fichas." Inside (image 2): a molded white plastic tray holding the playing tiles (fichas), each printed with a colorful animal picture — rooster, fish, elephant, deer, rabbit, cat, bird, etc. — used to match pictures domino‑style rather than pips.

Children's illustrated educational booklet on ballet, from the Arco Iris series. Front cover: title "El ballet" in blue over a color photograph of ballet dancers in white tutus posed in a receding line on a dark stage; the "ARCO IRIS" rainbow logo with an orange tab at upper left. Back cover (light blue): a color photograph of a single ballerina in a white tutu in arabesque, an emblem at upper right (the International Year of the Child, 1979), and the full credits/colophon with the Gente Nueva logo. Saddle-stitched.

A small tabletop filmstrip (diafilm) projector with a green/mint-painted sheet-metal body, a chromed front lens mount with a glass objective, a brass/metal film gate and feed assembly on top, a black focus knob and a film-advance knob, ventilation louvers on the rear/side, and small splayed feet. It projects rolled diafilms with an 18×24 mm frame. The accompanying paperboard box is printed with a large stylized "Ф," the word "ФИЛЬМОСКОП," "МП РСФСР ГЛАВУЧТЕХПРОМ," a stylized filmstrip-perforation motif, a yellow projection-beam graphic, and a circular factory stamp; the box is heavily worn, soiled, and edge-damaged.

A boxed set of thirty-two paper-wrapped oil pastel sticks in a two-piece cardboard tray-and-lid box, sold as a retail hang-pack inside a clear plastic shrink sleeve with a white cord loop. The printed cover is black, scattered with neon child's-doodle motifs (children, car, sailboat, house, flower, fish, bird) and dominated by "PASTEL" in large multicolor block capitals, with "OIL," the "Flying Eagle" name and eagle logo, the Chinese title, "32 COLOURS," and a small green panda mascot. The tray holds the full row of sticks; the lid interior is plain white. Set appears complete at thirty-two.

A small Chinese toy/student piano-accordion. White/cream molded-plastic body with a nine-key piano-style treble keyboard (white keys) at the right end, three white bass/chord buttons on the lower front, and blue bellows; round sound holes pierce both sides. A blue textile carrying strap and handle/trim are fitted. The front is printed in red: "Hero" in script with a musical-staff flourish, the characters 英雄, "ACCORDION," and "中國製造 UC 100 MADE IN CHINA." Accompanied by its original illustrated box — green card printed with a yellow accordion and "Hero ACCORDION / MADE IN CHINA" — the lid bearing handwritten notations "2-11-71," "15.00," and "MTO."

Saddle-stitched comic booklet. Color cover with a slapstick scene: a cartoon pirate ship named "GARROTE" crashing through waves with comic pirates aboard, and a tall detective figure (blue suit and hat) being knocked flying, with a red "¡PLAF!" sound effect. Title "HOLMOS / Y OTRAS / HISTORIETAS" in red and yellow display lettering; publisher logo and "EDITORIAL PABLO DE LA TORRIENTE" at upper left; price "50 c." at upper right. Cover is heavily worn (interior not photographed).

Illustrated children's book (hardcover with pictorial dust jacket), Spanish translation of Yuri Olesha's Soviet novel. The jacket depicts story characters — an acrobat in a green neckerchief, a girl in a red dress, a red-haired man, and a scholar above an ochre title band, with the three fat men tumbling below — under the title "LOS TRES GORDINFLONES" and the author's name "Yuri Olesha." Cloth binding visible at the spine foot.

Portable folding game set in a black vinyl/leatherette wallet-style case with a snap closure. The closed cover is printed in gold with silhouettes of a chess king and knight and the words "MAGNETIC STANDING CHESS & CHECKER SET." Opened, the case interior forms a two-panel folding playing surface printed with a black-and-white checkerboard bordered by algebraic coordinates (files A–H and ranks 1–8, duplicated and mirrored across the fold so the grid reads correctly when laid flat). Inside, staunton-style chess pieces in ivory and black, plus round magnetic draughts/checker discs in red and black. The metal snap is corroded. Incomplete pieces.

Saddle-stitched paper song booklet printed on inexpensive pulp/newsprint stock. The cover, headed "CANCIONERO," carries the large title "musical 80" with a stylized gramophone-and-stars illustration and a printed roster of featured artists: Bee Gees, Silvio Rodríguez, Billy Joel, Amaury, Demis Roussos, ABBA, Pablito Milanés, Moncho, Osvaldo Rodríguez. Interior pages reproduce the lyrics of songs by these artists alongside halftone press photographs; the sample interior leaf (page 48) features a Bee Gees group photograph above printed lyrics to two of the group's songs ("Too Much Heaven," printed "To Much Heaven," and "Stayin' Alive"). Pages are numbered (cover paginated "1"; sample interior "48"), indicating a booklet of roughly four dozen-plus pages. The booklet juxtaposes imported Anglo-European pop with Cuban nueva trova. (Printed lyric text not transcribed in this record.)

Small double-sided (two-key) harmonica with chrome-plated metal cover plates, playable on both long edges. Each cover plate is embossed with foliate scrollwork framing a central cartouche reading "OLYMPIA," flanked by clusters of round sound holes, with maker/origin legends in bands above and below. The comb's tooth slots are visible along the edge. Housed in a fitted two-part case: a deep clear molded-plastic lid over a cream/ivory plastic tray lined with foam. Shown both in and out of the case.

Small Soviet pocket transistor radio with its black leatherette carrying case and wrist strap. The radio has a cream/ivory plastic cabinet with a gold horizontally-ribbed speaker grille and a black dial face printed with the "RRR" logo, MW and SW bands (scales "×100 KC" and "MC"; SW meter bands 75/49/41/31/25), "ALL TRANSISTOR," the model name "Orbita 2," and a "TUNE" thumbwheel at the side; a sliding pointer travels behind the dial window. The back bears an embossed "SW / MW" slide switch, "FINE TUN[ing]" and antenna arrows, an "EARPHONE" jack at upper right, a sliding battery-compartment door, one screw, and "MADE IN USSR" embossed at lower left. The case is black leatherette with a chrome trim strip, a punched speaker grille, a wrist strap, a snap stud, and a rear window exposing the tuning control; a strip of blue adhesive tape repairs the lower back. All markings are in Latin script — an export model.

Small molded rubber (or soft vinyl) figural doll of a smiling boy, marketed as "Pepito." Hand‑painted features — blue eyes, freckles, red smiling mouth, rosy cheeks — with an inset blond fiber‑hair fringe beneath a molded red brimmed cap. Painted clothing: a ribbed orange/yellow sweater shading to teal trousers, with black‑and‑white shoes. Standing pose. A squeak toy type.

A tall, slightly tapered (conical) disposable drinking cup of paraffin-waxed paperboard, now aged to a mottled tan with paraffin discoloration and staining. One side is printed in green with a cartoon illustration: a man in a jacket, seen in profile, leaning over a large rounded object (reading as a drum or a globe), with small stars and squiggles around his head (a comic "dizzy/tipsy" device fitting the cup's beer-selling use). The cup is seamed up one side and open at the top; capacity on the order of a half-liter. No legible brand name, maker mark, or text is present in the printed design. This is a "perga" — the paraffined-paper cup used to serve beer and malta sold by the cup (a granel) and the standard cup used by vendors at Cuban carnivals.

A tall, slightly tapered (conical) disposable cup of paraffin-waxed paperboard, seamed up one side and open at the top (capacity on the order of a half-liter), now aged to a mottled cream with paraffin discoloration and staining. It is printed in two colors (terracotta/orange and blue): the word "CARNAVAL" runs vertically in blue block capitals down one side, and a cartoon shows a man — blue trousers and shoes, white shirt, orange hair — striding while holding up a foaming glass of beer, with small comic stars/squiggles around him. No brand name or maker text is visible. This is a "perga," the paraffined-paper cup used to serve beer and malta sold by the cup (a granel) at Cuban carnivals.

A set of four small, shallow turned-wood coasters (drink/glass coasters), each a low circular dish with a flat well and a slightly raised rim. The wood is a pale-to-tan close-grained hardwood (birch or similar), finished with a clear sealing coat; surfaces show lathe-turning marks and, on several, water staining, darkening, and one piece heavily scorched/darkened across the well. The underside of at least one coaster is stamped with a circular maker's mark: a triangle device within "REG. TRADE MARK / SILVA / MADE IN SWEDEN." No decoration beyond the wood finish. The four are uniform in form and size, consistent with a manufactured matched set.

Saddle-stitched comic booklet. Color cover depicting a Sherlock Holmes scene: Holmes (deerstalker, cape, pipe) with a companion and a woman entering a room where a bearded man lies dead on the floor and a green snake rears over the body — consistent with an adaptation of "The Speckled Band." A black "MINIHISTORIETAS" corner banner with the publisher logo and "EDITORIAL PABLO DE LA TORRIENTE" at upper left; title "SHERLOCK HOLMES" in red at top; price "70 c." lower left; artist signature "Domingo García '86" lower center. Interior not photographed.

Tremolo (double-row) mouth-organ harmonica. The visible face is a nickel/chrome-plated sheet-metal cover plate, engraved and stipple-stamped with the brand and origin, held by a shaped end clamp secured with a slotted screw at each end. A red-painted wood comb shows at the ends and along the base, with a long row of double holes (tremolo configuration) on the lower edge (a comparable Smithsonian example has 14 double holes / 28 reeds). The cover is heavily scratched from use.

Landscape-format saddle-stitched paper album for Cuban postalitas (collectible trading cards), into which a numbered series of animal cards was pasted on interior text pages. Front cover bears a color-illustrated zoo scene — antlered and leaping deer/antelope on a rocky outcrop above a zoo path with strolling visitors and a background tower — beneath the display title. Back cover carries a marine illustration (large shark, free diver with speared fish, reef fish, octopus, coral) representing the album's aquarium section. The published series comprised 192 numbered cards spanning mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and birds drawn from Havana's zoo and aquarium (per cataloged series description).

Boxed open-reel ("кассета"/spool) for magnetic tape, with tape wound on the reel. The square paperboard carton is printed front and back. The front (Image 1) carries the product name, specifications, and two overlapping stylized three-spoke reel silhouettes in orange and pink. The back (Image 2) is a salmon-orange paper field printed with two columns of blank ruled lines (a contents/index log, unfilled), a thumb-notch cut at the top edge for removing the reel, and a pencil inscription at upper left reading "Dr. Asencio." Inside is a reel of dark oxide tape on a smoky-clear plastic three-spoke hub with a translucent pink center disc (Image 3), matching the pink reel printed on the box. The hub is molded with a producer legend, a length/time estimation scale, and a circular "1" emblem. Reel diameter approximately 13 cm (tentative; no scale in frame), consistent with the stated 250 m capacity. The tape is recorded/used (titled by hand on the box). The reel and box are a matched Music-Fund product; the magnetic tape wound on it is of unidentified make (see Made/Created and Research Notes).

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).

Two-part Soviet electronic (impulse) photoflash outfit. The flash head is a compact rectangular housing with a stippled, faceted reflector behind a clear molded lens and an arched flashtube; a metal accessory/hot-shoe foot projects from the base, and the back face carries a rotating guide-number calculator dial. The head is joined by captive rubber-insulated cables — including a separate sync cord terminating in a small connector — to a flat rectangular gray power-supply block and to a molded two-pin AC wall plug. Cabling is coiled and bound with twine for storage. Housings are matte gray plastic.

A 7-inch (45 rpm) stereo single with its printed paper picture sleeve. Front sleeve: white ground with the festival emblem — a stylized flower of colored petals (red, yellow, green, blue) ringing a black-and-white globe/grid device — above the title "en busca de una nueva flor" in red; the Areíto logo lower right. Back sleeve: the song's full lyric at left (not reproduced here — see Research Notes), and at right the side-by-side credits, catalog/format line, and recording-studio line; a handwritten "Arús" across the top and a red ring stamp at upper right. Disc: black vinyl with a light-blue label printed with an allover "CUBA 78" and festival-emblem motif; Side B ("CARA B") shown; a handwritten "Arús" on the label.

West German Alfi DUR-model vacuum flask (c. late 1950s–mid 1960s) with brown leather carrying strap, retained in its original trilingual (German/French/Spanish) export box. A cream-coloured cylindrical vacuum flask by Alfi, model "DUR," with a ribbed ivory plastic screw cap, a polished aluminum threaded collar, an inner white plastic ring sealing against a honeycomb-textured silver/aluminum inner stopper, and small brass loop clips mounted on either side of the body for the carrying strap. The original brown leather strap, with a metal rivet/buckle, completes the carrier. The body bears a circular paper or printed label with the Alfi script logo in a black square at center, the word "DUR" below in black, the curving legend "WIDERSTANDSFÄHIGER HARTGLASEINSATZ" (German: "resistant hard glass insert") around the top of the label, and "MADE IN WEST GERMANY" along the bottom. The flask body is now heavily stained/discoloured from age and humidity exposure. The original tall rectangular cardboard box, printed in dark brown ink on tan kraft board, carries silhouette illustrations of the Alfi product range (a handled coffee carafe and stacked rectangular flasks/canisters), the Alfi script logo in a dark rectangle, and multilingual product-category and slogan text in three languages (see Markings).

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster printed in black on buff board. Arc text top and bottom reads "plzeňská restaurace · n.p. · u Dvou koček ·"; the center shows a symmetrical emblem of two facing cats holding a vessel, with "12°" between them.

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster on kraft board. A ring of "beer" in five languages runs around the top — "BIER · ПИВО · BIÈRE · SÖR · BEER" — flanked by green quatrefoils; below, a red-and-green civic shield (three towers), the brand "Pražan" in green blackletter, "12%," and "KOOSPOL CZECHOSLOVAKIA" around the lower edge. Four identical items.

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster, green ring border on cream board. Reads "PRAŽSKÉ PIVOVARY n.p." (top), "PIVO," the brand "Pražan" in red blackletter over the Prague city arms (three towers above a gateway), and "PIVOVAR HOLEŠOVICE / PRAHA VII" (bottom).

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster, printed on the shown face within a thin ring border. The central image is a tall glass of beer with a foamy head, in blue/teal and yellow. A navy arc across the top reads "RESTAURACE A JÍDELNY"; a matching arc across the bottom reads "PŘEJEME VÁM DOBROU CHUŤ."

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster, kraft board with green double-ring border. Reads "14°" (red), "světlé pivo" (green), the script word "Speciál" (red over a yellow grain band), and "PRAŽSKÉ PIVOVARY / NÁRODNÍ PODNIK / ZÁVOD BRANÍK" (green).

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster printed in yellow, green, and black. A standing bear on an anvil tops the design, flanked by "zal. L.P. 1499"; below, an ornate wrought-iron sign frame encloses a roundel of crossed brewers' tools ringed by the green establishment lettering "Pivovar u Fleků."

Round pressed wood-pulp beer coaster (beer mat / pivní tácek), printed on the shown face in red/maroon ink over a yellow rectangular panel with a stepped-arch red border. The panel reads "RESTAURACE / LIDOVÝ DŮM / ROKYCANY." Below, centered, is a cogwheel emblem carrying a banner lettered "JEDNOTA," with "ROKYCANY" printed to its right. The reverse is not imaged (beer mats often bear a second design on the back). Diameter not measurable without a scale (standard mats are roughly 9–10.5 cm). The board is heavily aged and mottled.

Round pressed wood-pulp coaster printed in green, yellow, and black. A posthorn (hunting horn) fills the field, with the establishment name "u Schnellů" in blackletter across a yellow band; a small blackletter "RaJ" monogram sits at the base. Two identical items.

Round pressed wood-pulp beer coaster, printed on the recto and densely hand-annotated on the verso. The recto (Image 1) shows a woodcut-style emblem: a bishop-saint in mitre with halo, holding a crosier and raising the right hand in blessing, framed by church spires, set in a yellow square over a green semicircular ground; below, in black blackletter, "u sv. / Tomáše" ("At St. Thomas's"), flanked by yellow lozenge ornaments. The verso (Image 2) is covered edge to edge in dark-blue ballpoint: lists, arrows, boxes, circled acronyms, heavy strike-throughs and overdrawing, in Spanish. Prominent legible elements include "NUEVITAS" (ringed, with inward arrows from both sides), a bracketed list ("AMPLIFICADOR," "ATRAVESADO," "INTERMEDIARIO COMERCIAL," "SUM. PLANTAS," "RECURSOS PROPIOS," "OBVIO," each with an arrow), recurring acronyms "UEG" (circled, "UEG → EI"), "EI," and "KW," a boxed "EI – REG – NUEVITAS," and a small "1–0 / 2" switch-like diagram at right. Much of the verso is illegible from over-writing. Diameter not measurable without a scale (standard mats ~9–10.5 cm). Five other identical items without inscription.

Round pressed wood-pulp beer coaster, printed on the recto and densely hand-annotated on the verso. The recto (Image 1) shows a woodcut-style emblem: a bishop-saint in mitre with halo, holding a crosier and raising the right hand in blessing, framed by church spires, set in a yellow square over a green semicircular ground; below, in black blackletter, "u sv. / Tomáše" ("At St. Thomas's"), flanked by yellow lozenge ornaments. The verso (Image 2) has written in ballpoint: "20/12/86 · Bela y yo de P... queridos amiguitos" followed by signatures. Five other identical items without inscription.

Round pulpboard beer coaster (beermat). The front carries a printed border ring of foaming beer mugs/steins in yellow and black around a blank cream field marked at center with a small red asterisk/florette. The back bears a manuscript inscription in blue ballpoint, dated "23/12/85," reading "Hoy nos reunimos cinco buenos compañeros: [first name uncertain], Leo, Paco, Martha y Lastra, así:" ("Today five good companions gathered: …, like this:"), followed by five ink signatures. Both faces are toned and foxed. Two other similar coasters in the collection, without script.

A round drink coaster (beer mat) of absorbent cream pulpboard with a scalloped/wavy edge, printed on the front in red. A double red ring frames the design; within it, the cursive word "Restaurace" arches over a symmetrical heart-shaped decorative flourish (a damask/arabesque motif), with "ASIE" in elegant serif capitals below. Only the front is shown; the reverse is not imaged.

Children's coloured-pencil set in a printed paperboard slide box with a cotton string loop at the top for retail display hanging. The front panel carries an "animal band" cartoon — a rabbit, a trumpet-playing cat, a flute-playing fox on a cloud, an accordion-playing lion, and a drum — above the English brand block and below the Chinese brand line. The tray holds a set of twelve round wood-cased pencils in assorted colors, each barrel printed "Crane" in cursive. The set appears complete.

Elongated rectangular paperboard sleeve printed with diagonal stripes in red, yellow, blue, and black on a cream ground, holding a bundle of slim pointed sticks in several colors (red, green, blue, and yellow visible). One end is open with the sticks protruding. A stylized geometric/op-art logotype reading the product name runs lengthwise along the upper face.

Unopened retail package of pink/red molded-plastic camping spoons, sealed under clouded cellophane on a printed yellow backing card. The card is printed in green/teal: a header reading "туристически комплект за хранене" (tourist/camping eating set) beside a stylized green edelweiss (mountain-tourism) emblem, with model, price, and standard-number fields along the bottom. Roughly a dozen long-handled spoons are visible, though the exact count can't be verified through the sealed, clouded wrapper.

A small molded plastic (soft/flexible) toy automobile in red, of streamlined cabriolet/roadster form with bulbous rounded fenders front and rear and a low open two-seat cockpit. Molded detailing includes louvered vents on the hood and rear deck and curved faux side-vents on the front quarters. The cockpit holds two simple peg-style figures — cream/ivory bodies with round yellow ball heads — on ribbed seat backs, with a small blue steering wheel at the dashboard before one seat. The body is hollow with a seamed underside; the rear/underside seam has split, leaving a torn strand of the red plastic protruding.

A boxed numeracy-teaching kit in a shallow cream/tan tray. Components: (a) two horizontal bead-counting rails set in a white plastic base — an upper row of green beads and a lower row of orange beads (approximately ten per row); (b) loose white square tiles bearing molded, color-filled characters — numerals in dark red (0, 6, 9; the 6/9 tiles reversible) and operator symbols in blue/teal (right-pointing arrow "→", equals "=", multiplication dot "·", multiplication sign "×"); and (c) a translucent amber plastic stencil-ruler with an embossed centimeter scale (1–14), die-cut numerals 0–9, and a lower row of die-cut arithmetic symbols. Used together to teach counting and to build simple arithmetic statements.

A thin saddle-stitched (stapled) children's poetry chapbook with color-illustrated card covers. The front cover, in a bright naïve/painterly style — a grasshopper, an ant in sunglasses, a snail, a frog, blue flowers, and a mushroom-house around a dark oval — carries the title "UNA AVENTURA TERMINADA EN FIESTA," the author "Omar Rodríguez," the genre "POESÍA," a stylized "26" device, and "Concurso 26 de Julio. Premio 1975." The back cover continues the illustration and bears the imprint and credits.

Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in brown/ochre on a cream ground. A line cartoon shows a man tenderly embracing and kissing a giant anthropomorphic beer mug — a smiling stein with an overflowing foamy head and a handle — while a heart-shaped bubble by his face reads "MUA" (the sound of a kiss). The man wears a patterned shirt, checked/striped trousers, and shoes. No brand, caption (beyond "MUA"), or signature. The board is toned with light staining and a faint tide-mark at right. Four count.

Round coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A line cartoon shows a bespectacled man who has climbed a ladder propped against a giant cocktail glass; he is perched on the rim, arms up with motion lines, about to leap in. No text, signature, or brand. The board is lightly speckled/foxed. Two coasters.

Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A line cartoon shows a cheerful boy angler in a hat, striped shirt, and sandals, holding a rod, with a large billfish — a marlin/swordfish (aguja), rendered with its long bill, spiny dorsal and fin rays — beside him; the scene is filled out with a radiant sun, clouds, a small sailboat, and a dock piling. Bold rounded letters at the bottom read "CUBA." 15 identical items.

Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A line cartoon shows an inebriated man staggering with motion lines as he plays a guitar and sings open-mouthed amid little stars/notes (the exuberant-drunk convention). At upper left is a barred colonial window; at lower left a small dog sings/howls along with him. The pair are evidently performing a serenade (dando una serenata). No caption, signature, or brand. The board is toned with light staining.

Film strip to use with an electronic projector, telling the story of "Alí Babá y los 40 ladrones (Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves)" for children.

Canister containing a film strip to use with an electronic projector, featuring the story "Cecilín y Coti contra dos pillos" (Cecilín and Coti vs. two rogues), by Cecilio Avilés.

Canister containing a film strip to use with an electronic projector, featuring the story "Elpidio Valdés asalta el convoy" (Elpidio Valdés assaults the convoy), by Juan Padrón.

Canister containing a film strip to use with an electronic projector, featuring the story "Elpidio Valdés y el fusil" (Elpidio Valdés and the rifle), by Juan Padrón.

Canister containing a film strip to use with an electronic projector, featuring the story "Gulliver en el país de los gigantes" (Gulliver in the country of giants), by J. Swift.

Canister containing the film strip story "La zorra y el rodillo" (The Fox and the Roller), a Russian popular folktale. Note that “zorra” is misspelled as “zorpa“.

Film strip to use with an electronic projector, featuring the children’s tale "Nievecita (Little Snow Girl)".

Round coaster printed in magenta/cerise on cream. A central cream roundel holds a line-drawn chef (tall toque, neckerchief, double-breasted jacket). Concentric magenta rings carry the legend around the rim: "ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE TECNICAS GASTRONOMICAS · TRABAJANDO MAS Y MEJOR · SALUDAMOS ·."

Single pale-yellow (now amber-discolored) plastic drink stirrer. The top is a parallelogram-shaped paddle with a double-line border, embossed with the Cubana de Aviación logo (an abstract geometric device — a bold diagonal bar with three parallelogram panels). The flat shaft carries a small embossed cavity mark ("4") and terminates in a small ball foot.

Single red translucent plastic drink stirrer. The top is a rounded-rectangular paddle embossed with the lowercase wordmark cubatur above the agency's stylized radiating-sun emblem, within a recessed border. A molded decorative bracket/shoulder sits below the paddle; the shaft ends in a small ball foot.

A round coaster of absorbent cream pulpboard, printed on the front in gold/ochre line art with a humorous cartoon: a disheveled, grinning man sprawled inside an oversized stemmed cocktail/champagne coupe, his legs kicking up over the rim with little motion lines suggesting he is tipsy or flailing. Hand-lettered "HIP" appears three times around his head ("HIP +," "+ HIP," "HIP"), evoking drunken hiccups (and/or a slurred "hip-hip-hooray").

Single opaque mid-blue plastic drink stirrer: a round ball knob at the top, a plain shaft, and a three-tined trident terminal at the bottom. The upper shaft is embossed with a maker's acronym and HECHO EN CUBA. No establishment or product branding.

Single translucent-green plastic drink stirrer. The top is a figural finial molded as a halved citrus fruit (lime or lemon), showing the cut face with radiating segments and a central navel, with a bit of rind at one edge. The flat shaft terminates in a small two-tined fork. The reverse of the shaft is embossed "MADE IN CUBA" and "PAT. 5008"; the front face is plain but for molding/ejector marks.

Round pressed-pulpboard coaster printed in blue on a cream ground. The central emblem is a stemmed goblet (copa) reserved in white against a blue pixelated/checkerboard diamond field. Around the rim, in blue capitals: "EMPRESA MUNICIPAL" (upper left), "GASTRONÓMICA MIXTA" (upper right), "HABANA" (lower left), "VIEJA" (lower right). The board is lightly toned and foxed with minor edge wear; the print is crisp. Eleven identical items.

Round coaster in a mottled cream/tan material that appears to be paper-pulp pressed). The face is printed in black with the venue's emblem within a double-ruled circle: a colonial fanlight (medio punto / luceta) device above the lettering "LA B. DEL M" (for La Bodeguita del Medio), "La Habana Vieja," and "CUBA." The surface is heavily aged and soiled, with parts of the print rubbed and faint.

A 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm extended-play vinyl record in a gatefold paper sleeve, produced by EGREM on its Areíto label in collaboration with the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Instituto de Etnología, Centro de Estudios Africanistas). It is an ethnomusicological release documenting the ceremonial music of the Abakuá, the Afro-Cuban men's initiatory society: a sample of ritual material including a parla or narration (enkame), several chants (cantos), and procession marches. The blue Areíto disc label is marked "ABAKUA," "CANTOS ABAKUA," "33 rpm," "EPA-6219."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in an illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label. It is a two-song bolero single by the Cuban duo Clara y Mario: side A "Que Pena Me Da," side B "¿Por Qué Me Has Olvidado?" (credited on the disc label as a bolero by Francisco Olivera). The blue Areíto disc label carries the Taíno cemí device, the EGREM slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo," "45 rpm," "EPA-6193."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in an illustrated paper sleeve, produced by EGREM on its Areíto label in collaboration with the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. It is an ethnomusicological release — four in-situ field recordings documenting the sucu-sucu, a son-family genre and dance native to Isla de Pinos, with comparative Caribbean examples. Side A: "Levántate Carmelina" (sucu-sucu) and "Caimán en el Guayabal" (son); Side B: "Cortaron a Elena" (a Puerto Rican plena) and "Compay Cotunto" (sucu-sucu). The blue Areíto disc label carries the Taíno cemí device, the EGREM slogan, "45 rpm," "EPA-6263."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in its illustrated paper picture sleeve, issued by Supraphon, the Czechoslovak state record label. The disc carries four instrumental dance-band arrangements by the Czech bandleader Karel Vlach and his orchestra, all cast as foxtrots: "Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz), "I Got It Bad" (Duke Ellington), "Les Enfants du Pirée" (Manos Hadjidakis, a slow foxtrot), and "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael). The front sleeve pairs a tinted photo of a young woman with a stylized blue rendering of a harbor and moored caïque boats — a visual nod to Piraeus, the Greek port named in the title track. The back lists the program and cross-promotes three other Supraphon releases (Gery Scott with the Brázda/Brom orchestras, SUK 33385; Karel Krautgartner, SUED 1040-M; Karel Vlach, SUH 23291), and is marked "Made in Czechoslovakia" with a copyright caution citing the Czechoslovak Copyright Act of 1953. The disc label shown (B-side, matrix 45/1142) bears the Supraphon lyre-and-lion device, "EP 45," and the BIEM mark. Sleeve toned and edge-worn; disc appears intact.

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in its illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label (the red-and-white disc label bears the Taíno cemí device and the slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo"). It collects four numbers in the Cuban guajira / música campesina idiom sung by Ramón Veloz, accompanied by "las guitarras de Ojeda." Side A: "En Mi Cuba Tropical" (guajira-son, by Roberto de Moya) and "Linda Soroa" (guajira, by Roberto Font); Side B: "Guasabeándome" (son montuno) and "Solito, Muy Solito" (guajira montuno), both by Sergio G. Siaba. The front cover shows a young woman in a red-and-white striped sleeveless top, seated in profile with her hands clasped over one knee, before a soft-focus green cascade — an image evoking Soroa, the Pinar del Río waterfall-and-orchid resort named in the title track. The back credits the color illustration to "Divulgación INIT," the sleeve design to Noelvis (Díaz), gives the catalog number EP-6133, and notes "Producido y distribuido por egrem – La Habana – Cuba – (Curva RIAA)." Condition: heavily aged and edge-worn sleeve, foxed and stained; a pencilled "225" (likely a price or inventory mark) appears on the back.

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in an illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label. Four songs by the Cuban singer Maggie Carlés, all tagged on the sleeve and label as shake (the 1960s beat/go-go dance genre). Side A: "En Este Junio" (Juan Almeida) and "Así Es Mi Amor Primero" (Eddy Gaytán); Side B: "No Preguntes Cómo Fue" (Eddy Gaytán) and "Siempre Eres Tú" (José Pedroso). The red-and-white Areíto disc label carries the Taíno cemí device, the EGREM slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo," "45 rpm," "EPA-6152."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in an illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label — the seventh volume of a numbered Música Infantil (children's music) series. Six children's songs, performed by the credited interpreter "Amigo" with the Orquesta I.C.R. under artistic-musical director Carlos Ansa. Side A: "El Gallo Ciriaco" (Adelaida Suárez), "Qué Lindo es Sembrar" (C. Torriente–W. Riquelme), "El Chinito" (credited to Cri-Cri); Side B: "Las Mascaritas" (Gloria Agramonte), "El Barquito de Papel" (C. Torriente–E. Almanza), "El Mono Tilingo" (Wilfredo Riquelme); arrangements by E. Almanza, W. Riquelme, and Carlos Ansa. The light-blue Areíto disc label bears the Taíno cemí device, "45 R.P.M.," "EPA-6366."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in its illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label, part of EGREM's "Sorpresa Musical" EP series. It holds four numbers by the Orquesta Los Van Van under its founder-director Juan Formell: side A "Marilú" and "Laura Chancleta," side B "La Compota" (credited on the disc label as songo, by J. Formell) and "La Bola de Humo" (songo, by Evaristo Aparicio). The red-and-white Areíto disc label carries the Taíno cemí device, the EGREM slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo," "45 rpm," "Cara B," "EPA-6169," and "Vol. 2."

A 7-inch, 45 rpm extended-play vinyl record in its illustrated paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM (Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales), Cuba's state recording enterprise, on its principal label Areíto — whose logo is a stylized Taíno cemí (idol) mask. The recording presents Enrique Bonne's percussion ensemble (the "Tambores de Enrique Bonne," directed by Bonne). Side A is "Como Arrullo de Palma," a son composed by Ernesto Lecuona, arranged by Enrique Bonne, with soloist Reins (Reinaldo) Maceo; Side B is "Cuando Viene el Tren," a fantasía by Bonne. The disc label carries the EGREM slogan "La música cubana alrededor del mundo," the catalog number EPA-6301, "45 rpm," and "Cara A." The front sleeve frames, inside concentric colored rings, a color aerial photograph of Havana's Vedado district dominated by the circular, spider-roofed Coppelia ice-cream pavilion. The back repeats the title and program, credits sleeve design to Noelvis Díaz, and notes "Producido y distribuido por egrem / La Habana, Cuba – (Curva RIAA)." Condition: heavily worn — front sleeve creased, edge-torn, and with old tape repair at the top corner; the back bears a handwritten ink dedication and a pencilled price, "$4.00."

A small-format 33⅓ rpm vinyl gramophone record (likely a 25 cm / 10-inch disc) in a paper sleeve, manufactured in the USSR and carrying the blue "МК" label with its stylized bird device. It collects classic Argentine guardia vieja tangos performed by an unnamed "Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires," with bilingual Russian/Spanish credits. Side A (Д-004082): "Don Juan" (música de Ponzio), "Estercita" (E. Delfino), "Unión Cívica" (Santa Cruz), "Rodríguez Peña" (V. Greco). Side B (Д-004083): "Derecho Viejo" (printed "Derero Viejo," V. Greco), "El Nueve de Julio" (Padula), "El Amanecer" (Firpo). The disc label notes "Made in the U.S.S.R.," "33⅓ об. в мин.," the technical spec "ТУ 35," matrix "ХП 558-63," price group ("Третья гр., 0-80"), and a hand-etched runout "Д004082/4-1." One sleeve face reproduces the bilingual track lists over a scenic lake-and-mountains photograph (with the Aprelevka plant's "АЗ" torch emblem); the other is a Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga promotional back listing "Best USSR Variety Orchestras on Soviet Gramophone Records" (Druzhba, the Leningrad and Estonian Radio orchestras, Eddie Rozner, Oleg Lundstrem, the Moscow Variety Theatre and Uzbekistan orchestras).

A flat egg-shaped dissection puzzle (an egg tangram). An oval is cut into nine flat colored plastic pieces — red, orange, yellow, and green triangles, a diagonally set square, and curved end/base pieces — that assemble into the egg or form silhouette figures (e.g., birds). Housed in a clear hinged plastic case with a printed paper cover label and an interior booklet of figure pages to copy.

A two-piece travel/picnic eating set styled as a single fish (a pike). Each utensil has a blue molded-plastic handle modeled in the round as one half of the fish, with incised scales, gill, eye, and fins; the head half terminates in a three-tine stainless-steel fork and the tail half in a stainless-steel knife blade. The handles slot/nest together so that, joined, they form one continuous fish. A clear plastic sleeve holds the joined set. The handles carry the embossed inscriptions: “Г. Киев” (City of Kyiv) and “З•Д• Сокол”, the Sokol state factory, followed by the article code “АРТ• 860•Ч”. The knife blade itself is also marked Киев.

A leather-covered baseball, hand-decorated and signed on the documented face. The design, in colored ink/pencil, shows two crossed flags — at left the Cuban flag (blue-and-white stripes, red hoist triangle with white star), at right a predominantly red flag bearing an indistinct upper-hoist emblem — above the lettering "1968" (in blue) and "HABANA" (in red). Apparent autograph signatures in red, blue, and green inks appear above and below the flag design, several overlapping the seams. The cover is stitched in the standard two-piece pattern with dark red waxed thread. No manufacturer branding is visible on the documented face.

Single translucent orange/amber plastic cocktail stirrer/pick. The figural finial is a standing sculpture of La Giraldilla — a female figure with left hand on hip and right hand holding a tall cross-topped staff, set against a circular disc — the emblem of Havana and of Havana Club rum. The shaft is embossed HAVANA CLUB RUM and terminates in a two-tined fork.

Square Sony "Professional Recording Tape PR-150" box, front in black/red with a stylized reel graphic, "SONY / PROFESSIONAL RECORDING TAPE / PR-150," "CAPTURE THE STRENGTH AND DELICACY OF EVERY SOUND," and edge specs "275 m · 900 FEET SPLICE-FREE POLYESTER PR-150-5." Back: printed recording-data label (speed/mono-stereo/tracks boxes, all unchecked) inscribed by hand in blue ballpoint "Cinta #6," with code "X-2441-031-3," "MADE IN JAPAN," and "SONY TAPE." Inside lid: printed PR-150 blurb and a record/playback time chart (no tracklist filled in). Reel: clear Sony reel (≈5 in.) with ¼-inch tape, printed Sony splice tab; a small paper sticker on the hub reads "19."

Square Sony "Empty Reel" box (model "5A"), front in teal/ochre with a stylized reel graphic and "SONY / FOR RECORDING TAPE / EMPTY REEL / 5A"; "C 15" added by hand. Back: printed recording-data label (the 9.5 cm/sec — 3¾ ips — box checked) over "SONY REEL — SONY CORP. TOKYO JAPAN," with a blue-ballpoint name ("Guillermo Castillo"). Inside lid: a typed tracklist headed "CINTA 15," by Cara (side) 1–4, almost entirely Boney M. (Daddy Cool, Sunny, No Woman No Cry, Fever, Nightflight to Venus, Ma Baker, Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon, Brown Girl in the Ring, Painter Man, Belfast, Still I'm Sad, etc.), with handwritten additions and several Spanish titles; English titles often phonetically misspelled. The reel inside is a clear TDK reel (≈5 in.) — not the box's original Sony reel — wound with ¼-inch tape, with a paper leader and red/white splice tab; "#15" is marked in red on the tape.

Single amber/orange translucent-plastic drink stirrer. A flat circular paddle at the top is embossed (molded in relief) with the hotel's logo — hotel above Habana Riviera in cursive script, over CUBA, within concentric ring borders. The shaft is round in section and terminates in a small ball foot. The logo is integrally molded, not printed.

Single red translucent-plastic drink stirrer. A flat circular paddle at the top is printed in black with the hotel's crowned heraldic cipher above HOTEL PLAZA / HAVANA; the shaft tapers to a small ball foot. The logo is surface-printed (pad/screen), not embossed.

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).

A black-finish LZOS Jupiter-9 (Юпитер-9) 85mm f/2 telephoto/portrait lens in Kiev (Contax bayonet) mount, manufactured in the USSR c. 1971; complete with original cylindrical hard-plastic storage case, front and rear caps, and a typed owner's identification label on a re-used 1980 Cuban retail receipt. A short, heavy cylindrical camera lens in black metal with a polished aluminum/chrome top section housing the Kiev/Contax-type bayonet mount. The body is finished in black enamel or black anodized metal, with engraved white scales for aperture and focus distance. The lens has multiple knurled control rings for focus and aperture. The classic 1960s–1970s LZOS Jupiter-9 form: short, dense, and unmistakably Soviet in build quality and machining character. The lens is accompanied by: - A small flat black plastic front lens cap (push-on style) - A black plastic rear cap for the Kiev/Contax mount, with the small triangular LZOS factory logo embossed on its underside - An original cylindrical hard-plastic two-piece storage case in black (vertically-ribbed cap unscrewing from a smooth cylindrical base), lined inside with brown kraft paper or thick cardboard padding - A typed owner's identification label (typewritten on the back of a Cuban retail receipt) - The Cuban retail receipt that backs the typed label, dated April 30, 1980

Round coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A script header reads "Nuestra Cita…" ("Our Date…"), accompanied by small four-petal flower motifs and a vignette of a bottle flanked by two cocktail glasses with straws. Below are printed fill-in lines labeled "en:", "a:", "de:", and "fecha:" — all left blank. The board is lightly speckled/foxed.

Round coaster printed in red on a cream ground. A script header reads "Recuerdo" ("Souvenir/Memento"), with a vignette of two tall stemmed cocktail/sundae glasses with straws and a citrus garnish at left. Below are printed fill-in lines labeled "de:", "a:", "en:", and "fecha:" — all left blank. The board is lightly speckled/foxed with scattered staining.

A 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) black vinyl disc with a plain cream label. The label identifies an instructional/educational record of international folk dances for amateur groups, issued by the Consejo Nacional de Cultura and pressed by the nationalized Cuban record plant.

Black vinyl 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) stereo disc with a red Melodiya label. The visible side carries Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major. This disc belongs to a different release than the jacket that holds it.

Printed paperboard LP jacket. Front: a full-bleed reproduction of a Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting (a summer harvest landscape), overprinted with the title and performers in green and blue lettering; Supraphon logo and catalog number at upper right. Back: title banner, side/track listing, performer credits, recording data, production credits, and a multilingual (English/German/French/Russian) musicological sleeve note on Liszt's concertos. The disc currently inside is not the matching disc (see mismatch note).

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, manufactured by Polskie Nagrania on its "Muza" label — the Polish state record company — and licensed from GNP-Crescendo Records (USA). It collects twelve rock and roll numbers performed by Bill Haley & The Comets: Side A — "I'm Walkin'," "High Heel Sneakers," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Tossin' and Turnin'," "Flip Flop and Fly," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"; Side B — "C.C. Rider," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Bring It On Home to Me," "Personality," Haley's own "Crazy Man Crazy," and Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music." The cream Polskie Nagrania/Muza disc label reads "POLSKIE NAGRANIA," "muza," "ZAIKS," "S 33," "SX 2417 A," "GNP - CRESCENDO RECORDS," "Made in Poland." Condition: worn; a blue "409" stamp and a pencilled "L70" on the back.

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve — a Cuban-manufactured pressing of Frank Sinatra's 1958 Capitol concept album of travel songs, arranged and conducted by Billy May. The white Cuban "Capitol Discos" disc label (blue Capitol oval, "Alta Fidelidad / Long Playing") gives the catalog number W-920 and is stamped "Hecho en Cuba".

Compilation of "All Time Hits" of Cuban music. A 12-inch vinyl long-playing record (33⅓ rpm), with its printed cardboard sleeve. The front of the sleeve (first image) carries a vivid, psychedelic-influenced color illustration of a Cuban scene — a stylized woman and man, a son/trova ensemble of musicians with guitar, tres, maracas, and bongó/conga, a Ferris wheel, palms, tropical fruit, butterflies, birds, a radiant sun-face, and a rainbow — with the title "EXITOS DE SIEMPRE" and "Vol. II" lettered at lower right and left. The disc (second image) bears a red label with the "Guamá" script logo and the line "LA MÚSICA CUBANA ALREDEDOR DEL MUNDO / Producido y distribuido por EGREM, Habana – Cuba," marked "33 RPM," "LDG-2018," "CARA A," and the side-A track list. The back of the sleeve (third image) prints the full program for both sides with composers and performers, the EGREM/Guamá logo, "Estudios de Grabación: Egrem, Habana, Cuba," and the catalogue number LDG-2018. The sleeve is worn — edge-split, soiled, foxed, with handwriting and an ink stamp/mark at the upper corners. The disc shows surface/playing wear. Contents (per sleeve): Cara A — Fefita (José Urfé; Orq. Antonio Ma. Romeu), Cubanita (Rodrigo Prats; Abelardo Barroso), Juramento (Miguel Matamoros; Trío Matamoros), Flor de Yumurí (Jorge Anckermann; Barbarito Díez), Frutas del Caney (F. B. Caignet; Ramón Veloz), El Manisero (Moisés Simons; Orq. Enrique Jorrín). Cara B — Masacre (Silvio Contreras; Orq. Antonio Ma. Romeu), Alborada (Celia Romero; Abelardo Barroso), Olvido (Miguel Matamoros; Trío Matamoros), El Erial (Sindo Garay; Barbarito Díez), Amorosa Guajira (Jorge A. González Allué; Ramón Veloz), La Engañadora (Enrique Jorrín; Orq. Enrique Jorrín).

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label. It is a collective anthology of the Cuban Nueva Trova, gathering eleven songs by the movement's young singer-songwriters. Side A: "Hombre que vas creciendo" (Pablo Milanés); "Ñico o el monumento al obrero desconocido" (Vicente Feliú, performed by Grupo Manguaré); "Canto a una primavera" (Miguel Porcel, performed by Argelia Fragoso); and a three-part Girón suite on the Bay of Pigs — "Preludio" (Silvio Rodríguez), "La Batalla" (Eduardo Ramos, performed by Jesús del Valle), "La Victoria" (Sara González). Side B: "Empieza el año" (Vicente Feliú / Ramón Adriano); "¿Quién sabe más?" (Amaury Pérez); "Guardafronteras" (Adolfo Costales, with Margarita Mateo); "Con las letras, la luz" (Noel Nicola); "Mujer del mundo tercero" (Martín Rojas, performed by Cuarteto Tema IV). The blue Areíto disc label reads "La Nueva Trova," "33 R.P.M.," "LDA-3464."

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm stereo long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, produced by EGREM on its Discos Siboney label. The album presents music composed by Juan Almeida. Side A is a single extended instrumental, "Leningrado," orchestrated and directed by Rafael Somavilla and performed by an all-star solo lineup: Chucho Valdés (piano), Paquito D'Rivera (alto saxophone), Arturo Sandoval (trumpet, printed "Antonio Sandoval"), Pablo Menéndez (solo guitar), and the rumba group Los Papines, with the Orquesta EGREM. Side B holds six Almeida songs — "La Lupe," "El Campesino José," "El Arriero," "El Balsero del Toa," "Te Canta Mi Tambor," "Marinero Quiero Ser" — each orchestrated by a different arranger (Pedro Coto, Raúl Gómez, Enriqueta Almanza, Juan Pablo Torres, Rolando Baró, Francisco García "Caturla"). The cream Siboney disc label, with a snow-and-pine photo inset, reads "EGREM – Discos Siboney – LD-3672 – 33 R.P.M."

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label — the sixth volume of a numbered instrumental "Música de Cuba" series. It presents canonical Cuban repertoire in orchestral instrumental versions, performed by three ensembles keyed on the back by a dot system: the Orquesta del Festival (directed by Gonzalo Roig), the Orquesta EGREM (directed by Emilio Peñalver), and the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna (directed by Rafael Somavilla). Side A: "Quiéreme Mucho" (Gonzalo Roig), "Suavecito" (Ignacio Piñeiro), "La Comparsa" (Lecuona), "Martha" (Moisés Simons), "Me Siento Libre" (Raúl Gómez), "Mentira Salomé" (Ignacio Piñeiro). Side B: "Siboney" (Lecuona), "Las Perlas de tu Boca" (Eliseo Grenet), "Tres Lindas Cubanas" (Antonio María Romeu), "¡Ay! Mamá Inés" (Grenet), "Esto es Cubano" (Emilio Peñalver), "Cuba, Qué Linda es Cuba" (Eduardo Saborit). The cream Areíto disc label (globe motif, cemí) reads "Música de Cuba Vol. VI," "33 rpm," "LDA-3334."

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, produced and distributed by EGREM on its Areíto label. It is the debut album of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna (OCMM), a big band/jazz orchestra directed by Armando Romeu, recorded live at the group's first concert. Side A: "El Manisero" (Moisés Simons), "Room 43" (Ken Jones), "The Man I Love" (Gershwin), "Voy Abajo" (Henry Mancini). Side B: "Pastilla de Menta" (Toombs), "Requiem" (Rafael Somavilla), "Mi Guajirita / Guantanamera" (R. Gómez / J. Fernández). The blue Areíto disc label, with its globe motif, reads "Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna — Dir. Armando Romeu," the EGREM slogan, and "LD-3273."

A 12-inch, 33⅓ rpm long-play vinyl record in a printed paper sleeve, issued on Puchito — a Cuban independent label — and "Hecho en Cuba por Impresora Cubana de Discos, S.A." It is a collection of Cuban villancicos (Christmas carols) in art-music settings, performed by the Coro de Madrigalistas under Manuel Ochoa, with soloists Carmelina Rosell (soprano), Marta Pérez (mezzo-soprano), and Laurence Davis (piano). The program ranges from two 18th-century villancicos by Esteban Salas ("Una Nave Mercantil," 1791; "Pues Logra Ya") to twentieth-century Cuban settings by Olga de Blanck, Edgardo Martín, Harold Gramatges, César Pérez Sentenat, Gisela Hernández, Roberto Marín, and Carlo Borbolla, among others — many in a creolized idiom ("Villancico Criollo," "Navidad Guajira," "Al Niño le Gusta el Son," "Son de Navidad," "Guajiro Canta"). The yellow Puchito "High Fidelity" disc label gives the catalog number SP-112. A "$2.95" price sticker, a "Ministerio de Educación – Dirección Gral. de Cultura" stamp, and "207"/"44" annotations on the back.

Jacket of a 12-inch LP, a 1980 Cuban musical homage to the first joint Cuban-Soviet crewed space flight. Front cover: a bold flat-color illustration of a stylized orbital spacecraft captioned "INTERCOSMOS," its symmetrical solar-array wings built from rows of alternating Soviet and Cuban flags, crowned with hammer-and-sickle, red star, and Cuban-flag motifs. Emblem panel: the official mission logo — a stylized red-and-blue star device in a circle — arced with "VUELO ESPACIAL CONJUNTO." Photographic panel: a color montage of Soviet space history (Yuri Gagarin in his helmet; Sputnik; a Salyut station marked «САЛЮТ СССР»; Soyuz engine cluster; a rocket launch; cosmonaut training; a recovered «СССР» descent capsule). Back cover: dedication text, full track list, and production credits. Heavy cream paperboard, offset-printed.

LP "Desde aquí" by Grupo Sierra Maestra.

A 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) stereo long-playing vinyl record with its printed paperboard jacket. Front jacket: a high-contrast black-and-white profile portrait photograph (presumably of the artist) within a dark circular vignette on a black ground; the title "amaury" in red, lower right; the "Nueva Trova / EGREM / Estéreo" star device, upper right. Back jacket: cream ground with black text — title "amaury," the two-side track listing with composer credits, performer/production credits, the EGREM logo, format/catalog line, a circular blue inventory stamp ("36"), and a faint handwritten number. Disc: black vinyl with the light-colored Areíto label (Taíno device).

A 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) mono LP with its printed paperboard jacket. Front jacket: a bold red/black graphic design with a stylized cream line-drawing of Beethoven's profile against a black panel, over an angular "keyboard/cityscape" pattern; a red title band below carries composer, works, and performer; a Supraphon paper logo sticker with catalog number at upper right. Back jacket: trilingual (English/German/French) musicological note on the two sonatas and a short performer biography, plus a copyright caution; Supraphon logo and catalog number; handwritten inventory marks. Disc: black vinyl with the blue Supraphon label; Side 1 shown (Appassionata).

A 12-inch (33⅓ rpm) LP with its printed paperboard jacket. Front jacket: a painted portrait — a profile of the singer with eyes closed, mid-song — in greens/ochres against a magenta-pink brushed ground; the title set in white serif and italic lettering across the top ("Bola de Nieve / interpreta a / Ignacio Villa"). Back jacket: title repeated; two-column track listing (Cara A / Cara B) with genre tags; a Spanish liner essay; EGREM logo, catalog number, format, production line, and design credit; a handwritten name and inventory marks. Disc: black vinyl with the light-blue Areíto label (Taíno device)