(2) 1970'S SAMBO'S RESTAURANT VINTAGE 8.5" SALAD PLATES

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This auction is for a vintage set of 2 SALAD PLATES from 1970's SAMBO'S RESTAURANTS. These measure 8.5" across and feature a palm tree and logo on front in turq. This stuff is next to impossible to find. This is the story of SAMBO -it is long but I am going to type it so we will all know it. goes--Once upon a time...t was a little boy in India named Sambo who was overjoyed with the new outfit his mother and father had given hom. One day as he was walking through the jungle he met a great big tiger who told Sambo he would eat him up if he didnt give him his pretty red coat. Sambo gave the tiger his coat and went on through the jungle w he met three more tigers. He had to give the first his beautiful green umbrella, the second his blue pants and the third tiger demanded his pretty purple shoes. Poor little Sambo started for home and he was very sad because the cruel tigers had taken away all of his fine clothes. But on the way home he heard a strange noise, and when he peeked through the tall jungle grass he saw the tigers chasing each other around a tree.They were growling and fighting over Sambo's pretty new clothes. Little Sambo went up to the tigers and told them if they stopped fighting and gave his pretty clothes back he would treat them to a plate of the finest, lightest pancakes they ever ate. So they gave back his beautiful read more