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Plastic Notions Box, "Solidor"
Object/Artifact
Small rectangular two-part plastic box: opaque blue base with a clear/translucent snap-on lid. The lid is moulded with the Solidor logo — a stylized "SO" monogram in a rectangular cartouche with a circular boss — and the "solidor" wordmark in outlined lowercase script at lower right.
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Used by Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez to store pins
GDR consumer packaging from the Solidor combine, whose Dresden works produced both hard haberdashery and plastic products (Plasterzeugnisse) — consistent with this box. Such boxes were used to retail and store pins, needles, and small notions.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
VEB Kombinat Solidor Heiligenstadt
Solidor combine branding indicates c. 1969–1990. Plastics and hard haberdashery were made by VEB Solidor Dresden. Plant attribution inferred, not stated on the object.
Moulded on lid: "SO" monogram logo (rectangular cartouche with circular boss); "solidor" wordmark.
blue base + clear lid
Plastic
Good
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
G.D.R.
Central Europe
Europe
production