Name/Title
Ballpoint Pen advertising Jim's Coffee Shop, c. 2000Entry/Object ID
2024.45.13Description
Acc. No. 24.45.13
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, restaurants
Date or Period: c. 2000
Object: ballpoint pen
Description: a ballpoint pen of black and orange-red plastic, with the image of a monkey holding a rotary telephone horn, stating in multiple colors, 'We don't MONKEY Around', and in black type 'JIM'S COFFEE SHOP / 2333 LINCOLN AVE / ALAMEDA, CA 94501 / 510-523-5368 / WWW.JIMSCOFFEESHOP.COM'. Just above the black end-piece is in orange-yellow letters 'www.pens.com'.
Size: L 6"
History of Object: Advertising pen from Jim's Coffee Shop. In 1960 Dimitris “Jim” Geanekos opened his restaurant Jim’s Coffee Shop. At the time, it was a to go counter and later he was able to expand it into the full service restaurant that it is today. Jim immigrated to the United States from Greece, and he eventually passed on the business to his son Tom, who now runs it and the sister location, Jim’s on the Course (on the Corica Golf Course).
Donated by: Justin Isaac
Donation Date: 9/2/2023; Catalog Date: 5/20/2024
