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320 West Capital Avenue
Broderick, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1950, Close: 1959

Also called the "Tower Club Coffee Shop", and located west of the Tower Bridge.

Owned by Everett Howard, who paid a federal gambling device tax for the Tower Club in 1952. Howard was charged with hosting illegal gambling at another location in New Helvetia Park in 1954 (see Archive).

Advertisement from 12/31/1953 (The Sacramento Bee).
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Casino Money
Table Chips (7) [QuickView]
CG184821 Obsolete
Added: 2017-10-11
Color: Blue
Mold: Plain
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Richard "Reggie" Gummer

Attributed by Armin Pfaender
CG051362 Obsolete
Added: 2011-10-29
Last Update: 2023-03-04
Color: Red
Mold: SqSqDi
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Attribution traced to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2004). Not in Eastman (1998).
CG051363 Obsolete
Added: 2011-10-29
Last Update: 2023-03-04
Color: Beige
Mold: SqSqDi
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Attribution traced to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2004). Not in Eastman (1998).
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Needed		 CG051361 Obsolete
Denom: 5¢
Added: 2011-10-29
Last Update: 2011-10-29
Color: White
Mold: LCrown
CG051364 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-10-29
Last Update: 2023-03-04
Color: Yellow
Mold: DiaSqr
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Attribution traced to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2004). Not in Eastman (1998).
CG051360 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Issued: 1958
Added: 2011-10-29
Last Update: 2023-03-04
Color: Black
Inserts: 4 White
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG066371 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2012-03-06
Last Update: 2023-03-04
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Maroon
Mold: Hub

NOTE: This inlaid hub mold chip is also identified as being used at the illegal "Tower Club" in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Hub mold chips were only rarely ordered in California in the 1950s, as the Mason Co. closed their San Francisco office in 1939.
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (3) [QuickView]
CG280683
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-02-26
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG280684
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-02-26
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG288181 Show Casinos
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-07-08
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (10)

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