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Purple Grackle Club

Elgin, Illinois
Type: Illegal
Status: Closed

Hunt & Co. sold 1900 of these "FWN" chain mold chips in three colors to Frank W. Newell, 5234 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL on 10/26/1936. Hunt sold another 1000 red "FWN" chain mold chips on a different font to Newell, same address, on 4/29/1937.

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Table Chips (1) [QuickView]

CG208221 Obsolete
Added: 2018-08-19
Color: Yellow
Mold: Chain
Inlay: HS
Logo: FWN
Catalog#: ILPRP01
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

Frank W. Newell
5234 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL (1936)

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Chip Order Cards (2) [QuickView]

CG314196
Issued: 10/26/1936
Added: 2024-03-14
Last Update: 2024-03-14
Mftr: Hunt & Co.
Contributed by: David Spragg

Hunt & Co. order record/envelope with chip matching this font inside.

CG314197
Issued: 4/29/1937
Added: 2024-03-14
Mftr: Hunt & Co.
Contributed by: David Spragg

Hunt & Co. order record/envelope with chip inside. The font on the chip is different from that of the 1936 order.

Match Books (3) [QuickView]

CG209317
Added: 2018-08-29
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

CG283577
Added: 2022-04-25
Last Update: 2022-04-25
Contributed by: Ed Hertel

CG310516
Added: 2023-11-29
Last Update: 2023-11-29
Contributed by: Doug Deems

Total Items (6)