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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
79 E. Third Street
Pittsburg, California 94565 MAP
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1935, Close: 1960s

Owned by Edward P. (Tilly) Thilgen and R. C. Green. Originally called the "Rex Pool Hall", at 75 E. 3rd St., and raided in 1935 for gambling, with Thilgen arrested. Around 1950, Thilgen gains a card room license and moves the card room to 79 East 3rd Street, and changed the club name to "Rex Playhouse".

T. R. King shipped 1000 of these light blue paranoid (plain mold) chips in 1943, and 2000 of these large crown chips in two colors in 1948 to E. P. Thilgen, The Rex, in Pittsburg, CA.

Advertisement detail from 10/8/1936 (Oakland Tribune).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (2) [QuickView]
CG252126 Obsolete
Issued: 1943
Added: 2020-09-21
Last Update: 2022-01-08
Color: Blue
Mold: Plain
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: EPT
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG251791 Obsolete
Issued: 1948
Added: 2020-09-17
Last Update: 2022-01-08
Color: Green
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: EPT
Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)

Located at 75 E. Third Street in Pittsburg in 1948, and the club appears on the cover of the Police & Peace Officers Journal of January 1948. https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/san-francisco-calif-police-dept/police-and-peace-officers-journal-of-the-state-of-california-volume-jan-1948--fna/page-9-police-and-peace-officers-journal-of-the-state-of-california-volume-jan-1948--fna.shtml
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (2) [QuickView]
CG276188
Issued: 1939
Added: 2022-01-08
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG276187
Issued: 1948
Added: 2022-01-08
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (4)

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