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<p>[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4528947, member: 16131"]It seems clear an Argentine child played under it (Campeon may translate literally as champion, but it in this context it might just mean <i>Go Boca!</i>). What looks like L.a. Ahile, and R. Rhiera, are names, and can't make out the last figure but yes, 28 Oct 4something. The disinfection stamps might refer to a certain time when it was mandatory to do that to imported goods (and people, during all the previous pandemics). </p><p>The desk seems to be no older than the 20s and no newer than the war. 543 and other numbers by another hand look to me like job numbers. Nail head numbers: someone with too much time on his hands and very little taste. Hale NY, one would think the office furniture company. These were shipped by the thousands to big, mostly international companies worldwide, and Argentina and even Uruguay got their fair share. What is unusual is that this one has made its way back (I am assuming it has).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fern77, post: 4528947, member: 16131"]It seems clear an Argentine child played under it (Campeon may translate literally as champion, but it in this context it might just mean [I]Go Boca![/I]). What looks like L.a. Ahile, and R. Rhiera, are names, and can't make out the last figure but yes, 28 Oct 4something. The disinfection stamps might refer to a certain time when it was mandatory to do that to imported goods (and people, during all the previous pandemics). The desk seems to be no older than the 20s and no newer than the war. 543 and other numbers by another hand look to me like job numbers. Nail head numbers: someone with too much time on his hands and very little taste. Hale NY, one would think the office furniture company. These were shipped by the thousands to big, mostly international companies worldwide, and Argentina and even Uruguay got their fair share. What is unusual is that this one has made its way back (I am assuming it has).[/QUOTE]
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