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4120 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1950s, Close: 1992

Originally owned by Leo Brandt. Later owned by Sal Trombatore, and his son, Tom Trombatore. Last owned by Marko Trapani. Reportedly popular among Stanford students and faculty. According to a 1979 article, the card room had eleven tables (see Archive). Also called the "Cameo Club Card Room".

Advertisement from 3/26/1977 (The Peninsula Times). Interior photograph from December 1979 (The Gambling Scene, Vol. 3, No. 11).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (15) [QuickView]
CG029351 Obsolete
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2011-01-16
Color: Gray
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Jackpot
CG029352 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2019-09-17
Color: White
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold

Jackpot
CG029353 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2011-01-16
Color: Yellow
Mold: H&C (SCV)
CG029354 Obsolete
Denom: 50¢
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2015-09-16
Color: PINK
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG029362 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-01-17
Last Update: 2011-01-17
Color: BLUE
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG314061 Obsolete
Denom: $2
Added: 2024-03-13
Last Update: 2024-03-13
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Lt Blue/Blue/Navy
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: John Chamberlain

Variation with different numeral font, LCV, and likely a darker green base color.
CG029360 Obsolete
Denom: $2
Added: 2011-01-17
Last Update: 2022-07-30
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Lt Blue/Blue/Navy
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Updated by: George Dmitrevsky
CG029361 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-01-17
Last Update: 2023-04-22
Color: Brown
Inserts: 3 Mustard/Tan
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG151845 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2015-10-20
Last Update: 2015-10-20
Color: Dark Brown
Inserts: 3 Mustard/Tan
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: John Johannes

NOTCHED
Only one known
CG152856 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2015-11-10
Color: Dark Brown
Inserts: 3 Mustard/Tan
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Michael Moore
CG243892 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2020-06-15
Color: Brown
Inserts: 3 Mustard/Tan
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Dan Glenn

Inserts are reversed on this chip (CG029361).
CG029355 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2023-04-22
Color: Lt Purple
Inserts: 3 Pink/Orange/Pink
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG029356 Obsolete
Denom: $20
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2023-04-22
Color: Purple
Inserts: 3 White
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG029357 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2011-01-16
Last Update: 2023-04-22
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Red/Orange
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
Updated by: George Dmitrevsky
CG100667 Obsolete
Denom: $100
Added: 2013-03-28
Last Update: 2018-01-20
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 Yellow/Green
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Tom Bowling
Casino Equipment
Playing Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG235961 Obsolete
Added: 2020-02-05
Last Update: 2022-07-30
Color: Green
Contributed by: Mark Geldhof

Bicycle 808 USPCC C6210
Total Items (16)

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