Name/Title
Advertising button worn by employees at Sambo's Restaurants, c. 1970Entry/Object ID
2002.87.16Description
Acc. No. 02.87.16
Subject Category: Sambo's Restaurant Collection
Date or Period: c. 1970
Object: Pin-on Advertising Button
Description: Lithographed metal pin-on advertising button. White background over-printed in red and white with a stylized coffee cup and a "Sambo's has it - 10¢" message. Round button.
Size: 3-in. diameter.
History of Object: An advertising button worn by employees at Sambo's, Alameda, to promote its 104 cup of coffee. Part of the collection of the late Samuel Purdy, an original employee of this restaurant.
Acquired from: Joseph Young
Date: 09/23/02
