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1203 18th Street
Bakersfield, California
Type: Asian Card Room
Status: Unknown
Open: 1938, Close: 1954

These chips were shipped to the "Bamboo Chop Sticks", a Chinese restaurant that was owned by William "Bill" Lee, and his father Lee Hong Sing. In 1949, the restaurant was described as having attached to it "a private banquet room...available for gatherings of all kinds" (see "Archive").

T. R. King sold 2,000 of these large crown chips in five colors to William C. Lee, 1203 18th Street, Bakersfield, California, in 1946.

Advertisement detail from 11/24/1948 (The Bakersfield Californian).
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Table Chips (4) [QuickView]
CG047709 Current
Added: 2015-04-19
Color: Green
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG047710 Current
Added: 2015-04-19
Color: Pink
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG047711 Current
Added: 2015-04-19
Color: Lavender
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: John K. Kallman
CG160765 Current
Added: 2016-04-12
Last Update: 2016-04-12
Color: Brown
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
Chip Order Cards (3) [QuickView]
CG285534
Added: 2022-05-28
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG285496
Issued: 1946
Added: 2022-05-27
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG285533
Issued: 1953
Added: 2022-05-28
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (7)

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