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ITEM VIEW: CG136250
517 Castro Street
Hayward, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1937
Mason & Co. sold 250 of these hub-mold chips in two colors to Marty L. Principe, 517 Castro Street, Hayward, California, on 2/20/1937.

Marty L. Principe [MP], a real-estate agent by day, was arrested on horse-racing bookmaking charges in 1940, and arrested again for bookmaking in 1950 (see Archive). He was also co-owner of the "Turf Club" which opened in 1944 at the shipping address for these chips.

Advertisement from 10/7/1946 (Hayward Daily Review).
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CG136250 Obsolete
Denom: 5¢
Added: 2014-10-25
Last Update: 2015-09-08
Color: Maroon
Mold: Hub
Contributed by: Jim Steffner
Updated by: Jim Colbert

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