Box of Casino Nylon 40 socks (medias/calcetines), price $1.00

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Box of "Casino" Nylon 40 socks (medias/calcetines), price $1.00

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.374

Description

Shallow rectangular box for a pair of men's nylon socks. The lid is covered in green flocked (velveteen) paper framing an inset gold foil/metallic label printed "Casino" (script) over "Nylon 60," with a shield trademark enclosing a winged foot and "TRADE MARK." The lower front edge of the box is embossed/printed "10½ MARRÓN" (size 10½; color brown). One end panel carries a small applied foil price sticker, maroon with gold border, reading "Nylon-40 / $1.00." The flocking is worn and the box is split/bumped at the near corner. The socks are not visible; contents not confirmed.

Context

"Medias" (or calcetines) are socks. This is a packaged men's nylon dress sock — "Nylon 40" referencing the nylon type/denier, a mid-century selling point when nylon hosiery signified modernity. The winged-foot shield is a Mercury/Hermes hosiery trademark motif. The brand name "Casino" and the plush flocked-box-with-gold-foil presentation evoke pre-revolutionary Havana's casino-era consumer glamour, which (with the styling) points toward a 1950s República-era product.

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Socks

Clothing Sex

Male

Made/Created

Place

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Edition

Casino

Notes

Date: circa 1950s; tentative. The "Casino" brand and flocked/gold-foil styling suggest a República-era (pre-revolutionary) product — possibly pre-1959, i.e., at or just below the lower edge of the 1959–1990 collection period. Flagged for confirmation.

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Lid label: "Casino" / "Nylon 60"; shield trademark with a winged foot and "TRADE MARK." Box front edge: "10½ MARRÓN" (size; color). No maker name or country mark visible. End-panel price sticker: "Nylon-40 / $1.00."

Dimensions

Dimension Description

9.5 x 5

Parts

Box (cardboard, green flocked covering) with inset gold foil label.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use, acquisition

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

June 17, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 20, 2026