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2800 Firestone Blvd.
Southgate, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1943, Close: 1950s

T. R. King sold more than 6000 of these large crown chips in at least six denominations and colors to Jim Contratto, 2800 Firestone Blvd., South Gate, California, in 1944 and 1945. This was the address of "The Trianon Ballroom Cafe", previously called "Topsy's", before 1943.

Contratto also owned the "Nevada Turf Club", which opened in Reno in 1946, and these chips may have also been used there.

Advertisement detail from 1/19/1945 (Daily News).
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CG190465 Obsolete
Added: 2017-12-21
Last Update: 2018-01-18
Color: Lavender
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler
CG190466 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2017-12-21
Last Update: 2018-01-18
Color: Brown
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler
CG190255 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2017-12-17
Color: Gray
Mold: LCROWN
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Sherry and Johnny Mac
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