Name/Title
Advertising matchbooks from Sambo's Restaurant, Alameda, c. 1971Entry/Object ID
2002.87.19Description
Acc. No. 02.87.19 (A-E)
Subject Category: Sambo's Restaurant Collection
Date or Period: c. 1971
Object: Matchbooks
Description: Self-fold advertising matchbooks. On both the front and back covers is imprinted in dk. brown and orange on a white background "Sambo's" with a cartoon tiger holding a fork and a spoon. Inside the matchbook covers is a message about the menu selection variety.
Size: L-2 x W-1 1/2 in.
History of Object: Advertising matchbooks distributed by Sambo's Restaurant, Alameda. Part of the collection of the late Samuel Purdy, an original employee of this restaurant.
Acquired from: Joseph Young
Date: 09/23/02
