ORWO K60 "low noise" compact cassette case (Premnitz), empty
Entry/Object ID
2025.1.218
Description
Yellow / clear cassette case with paper J-card; J-card front "Magnetbandkassette K60 / low noise / ORWO," circled "1." No handwritten content.
Use
Belonged to Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection
Acquisition
Accession
2025.1
Made/Created
Manufacturer
VEB Chemiefaserwerk 'Friedrich Engels'
Place
City
Premnitz
* Untyped Place
G.D.R.
Region
Central Europe
Continent
Europe
Notes
Date: circa 1970s–1980s (tentative).
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Top line:
Magnetbandkassette K 60
(with "low noise" set in smaller type directly beneath "K 60," at right)
Lower left (beside the ORWO logo):
ORWO [logo, ® mark] Hergestellt
im VEB Chemiefaserwerk
„Friedrich Engels" Premnitz · DDR
Lower right:
① (the numeral "1" inside a circle)
Non-text elements: the ORWO logo (the letters "OR" over "WO"), the large blue/yellow/red interlocking-spiral graphic across the center, and the registered-trademark symbol (®) after "ORWO." No date, price, or handwritten annotation is present on this face.
Accessories
Accessory
Case
Notes
One yellow case, one black case, one blue case
Materials
Material
Plastic, Paper
Material Notes
molded plastic case; printed paper J-card.
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Leopoldo Arús Gálvez
Notes
owner
Related Places
Place
City
Havana
Country
Cuba
Region
Caribbean, Central America
Notes
acquisition
Place
City
Premnitz
* Untyped Place
G.D.R.
Region
Central Europe
Continent
Europe
Notes
production
Research Notes
Notes
The ORWO trademark ("ORiginal WOlfen") was introduced in 1964 to distinguish GDR output from West German Agfa, and the Fotochemisches Kombinat was founded in Wolfen in 1970, with VEB Chemiefaserwerk "Friedrich Engels" Premnitz among its operating units; VEB Magnetbandfabrik Dessau and VEB Galfütex Schmölln (renamed VEB ORWO-Plast Schmölln in 1982) were joined to the combine later, with Dessau becoming the main magnetic-tape producer. The Compact Cassette format itself was first introduced by Philips in 1963.
