| Licensed card room owned by William Warner. His license was revoked after being arrested on bookmaking charges in 1943.
T. R. King sold 7,450 of these large crown chips in five colors first between 1938 and 1945. First to William (Bill) H. Warner, at the "J & M Cafe", 125 E. Kern St, Tulare, CA, and later to Warner at the "Cozy Cigar Store", 1256 4th Ave. San Diego, CA, and later to Alexander Alvarado, "Pal's Royal Flush", 534 University Avenue, San Diego, CA.
In the 1960s the chips were also reportedly used in a cardroom at the back of the "Lemon Grove Cafe", Lemon Grove, CA. Per Jim Colbert (via the owner's son who had these chips in 2011).
Advertisement from 4/3/1940 (San Diego Union Tribune). |
