Name/Title
Souvenir Glass of the Pop-Inn bar, 1935-2009Entry/Object ID
2021.115.15Description
Acc. No. 21.115.15
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda - Restaurants
Date or Period: between 1935 and 2009.
Object: glass
Description: A clear drinking glass, with white applied designs, featuring an image of a toad, and the legend: 'Pop-Inn, Alameda Calif - Home of the Hopping Toad'.
Size: Diameter at top: 2 1/2 inches; Height 4 inches.
History of Object: Souvenir glass of the Pop-Inn, a Bar - ultimately karaoke, where customers sang covers to taped musical accompaniment - that was located at 1515 Park Street, and closed in 2009. The building was constructed in 1900, (a bar was here from 1897). Because of the protection for neon signs, the sign on the building, installed in 1935, still states 'Pop Inn'. The site was subsequently the home of the Churchward Pub, which went bankrupt as a result of the shutdowns related to Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020.
Acquired from: estate of Richard Branchaud, Kathleen Branchaud
Donation Date: 9/3/2020
Catalog Date: 10/11/2021
