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ITEM VIEW: CG216025
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114 Wright
LaSalle, Illinois 61301 MAP
Type: Illegal
Status: Closed
Open: 1940, Close: 1955
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El Mirador Cocktail Lounge is described in the gambling history book; Casino: Glitz, Glamour, and Gambling in the Illinois Valley (2004) R. G. Bluement - owned by “Tinney” Cosgrove (p. 47), and operated/managed by Sam Weingard (p. 91)- was connected by a hallway to the Francis Hotel in La Salle - open from the 1940s to the 1950s. It was last raided 2/12/1955. (p. 204) |
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CG216025 Obsolete Denom: $5
Issued: 3/9/1950
Added: 2018-11-26
Last Update: 2021-05-01 Color: Brown
Mold: T's
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: EM
Quantity: 100
Contributed by: Dennis Berry
Sam Weingard
Francis Hotel
LaSalle, IL
1950, 1951, 1952
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