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ITEM VIEW: CG032442
400 5th Street
Gustine, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 3/271937, Close: 1968

Opened in 1937 with a restaurant, bar, and licensed card room. It was originally owned by brothers Frank and Jack Silva. It was sold to Serafim and Mary Fernandes in 1944 who owned the establishment until 1968.

The attribution of the L-mold chips is traced to Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2004), who credits Raulin Mendoca for the information. Not in Eastman (1998).

Advertisement detail from 7/30/1941 (The Gustine Standard).

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CG032442 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-02-26
Last Update: 2023-04-15
Color: Dk Blue
Mold: L's

Used as a $1 chip

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