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Wasp, The

315 Broadway
Chico, California
Type: Illegal
Status: Closed
Open: 1934, Close: 1940s

Bar and liquor store owned by Steve Meline. It was raided in 1937 with three players and a houseman arrested for playing an illegal "hokey-pokey" poker game (see "Archive").

Mason & Co sold 300 of these hot stamp chips in three colors to Mr. Steve Meline, P.O. Box 273, Chico, California, on 1/30/1939.

Advertisement from 7/1/1934 (Chico Enterprise Record).

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CG209836 Obsolete
Issued: 1939
Added: 2018-08-31
Color: Purple
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS
Logo: WASP
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

Steve Meline
PO Box 273
Chico, CA (1939)

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CG304007
Issued: 1939
Added: 2023-04-30
Last Update: 2023-05-02
Mftr: Mason & Co
Contributed by: David Sarles

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