The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format book
1st edition cover, 1899
Cover of 1900 first U.S. edition published by Frederick A. Stokes
A page from the 1959 edition of Little Black Sambo
Little Black Sambo board game (box lid)
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Sambo's was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California. Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its two founder
The Story of Little Black Sambo
…operated for 65 years as a popular spot in the community with many novelty merchandise items for sale. It closed in 2022 with the aging of the owners. Sambo's was a popular U.S. restaurant chain of the 1950s through 1970s that borrowed characters from the book (including Sambo and the tigers) for promotional…
The first and last Sambo's Restaurant in Santa Barbara, California (2005)
A former Sambo's in Alpena, Michigan, now occupied by Big Boy