Originally owned by Ollie L. Eidson and later by Bruce Quain. Eidson later owned "Ollie's Coral", at 851 Hazel Street, which was raided in 1955 with Eidson, who had a card room license for the establishment, arrested for offering an illegal type of poker (see "Archive").
Mason & Co. sold 1000 of these chips in three denominations to Ollie L. Eidson, 833 Hazel Street, Gridley, California, on 9/4/1946.
Listing (left, second from top) from the 1962 Butte County Yellow Pages, and advertisement detail (right) from 12/22/1944 (Appeal-Democrat). |