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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
123 North Main Street
Yreka, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1924, Close: 1976

Owned by George W. Russell [GWR] from the early 1940s to the 1960s. Russell also owned the "Rainbow Club" in Dunsmuir, during the 1940s.

During the 1940s the fraternal "20-30 Club" operated a gambling room in the Yreka Inn. Although it was officially designated as being available for club members only, it was reported at the time that it was in fact open to the public (see "Archive").

According to the The Gaming Table (2017, p. 450), citing company records, the Portland Card Co. (Portland, OR) sold the "GWR" SqInCr-mold chips in five colors to George Russell, Log Cabin Hotel, Happy Camp, CA in 1958, and that the order cards indicate that the chips were later transferred to the Yreka Inn, Yreka, CA.

Advertisement detail from an ashtray, drawing from a post card (circa 1930), both posted below.

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Casino Money
Table Chips (4) [QuickView]
CG242969 Show Casinos Obsolete
Added: 2023-11-15
Color: Mustard
Mold: SqInCr
Inlay: HS Gold
Logo: GWR
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler
CG153393 Obsolete
Denom: 50¢
Added: 2016-05-07
Last Update: 2023-03-02
Color: Blue
Mold: ZigZag
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Gary Fitzgerald

Attribution traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
CG153392 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2015-11-25
Last Update: 2023-03-02
Color: Green
Mold: ZigZag
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

Attribution traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
CG153394 Obsolete
Denom: $25
Added: 2016-02-22
Last Update: 2023-03-02
Color: Salmon
Mold: ZigZag
Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)

Attribution traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
Casino Collectibles
Ash Trays (2) [QuickView]
CG242971
Added: 2020-06-04
Logo: GWR
CG242972
Added: 2020-06-04
Logo: GWR
Match Books (1) [QuickView]
CG242973
Added: 2020-06-04
Logo: GWR
Post Cards (2) [QuickView]
CG162549
Added: 2016-05-07
Last Update: 2022-06-27
Contributed by: Gary Fitzgerald
CG242974
Added: 2020-06-04
Logo: GWR
Total Items (9)

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