{"product_id":"12137","title":"1959 Havana Municipal Procurement Letter with Italian Adding Machine Broadside from Orbay y Cerrato, Guanabacoa","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn offer is a June 10, 1959 typed letter from Orbay y Cerrato, S.A. (Havana), with a stapled promotional broadside for a TOTALIA electric adding machine manufactured by Lagomarsino.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter authorizes Sr. José A. Suárez to submit municipal bids [\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“pliegos de subastas”\u003c\/i\u003e] to the Ayuntamiento de Guanabacoa for,\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“muebles, equipos de oficina y estantería metálica para archivo” \u003c\/i\u003e[“furniture, office equipment and metal shelving for filing”].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe firm’s letterhead lists branches across Santiago de Cuba, Palma Soriano, Bayamo, Holguín, and Matanzas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued weeks after the May 1959 Agrarian Reform Law, the document captures routine municipal procurement still operating between private firms and local government at an early stage of the Revolution. The attached Italian-made adding machine broadside reflects ongoing pre-embargo import supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eLetter with light toning and handling wear; signed and fully legible. Broadside with moderate toning, edge wear, and minor losses; complete.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katz Fine Manuscripts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51514302071090,"sku":"12137","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/8612\/8618\/files\/0012137_1.png?v=1785191045","url":"https:\/\/katzfinemanuscripts.com\/products\/12137","provider":"Katz Fine Manuscripts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}