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ITEM VIEW: CG273260
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Became: R & B (Ruth & Bonnie)
1259 South "A" Street
Santa Rosa, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1967, Close: 1978
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| Originally called the "Ponderosa" and owned by L. G. "Doc" Sweaney. The bar was bought by Dan Smethers in 1968, who advertised a card room club inside "The Ponderosa".
The C. W. Rice Co. shipped the "DOC'S" HHL-mold chips to L. G. Sweaney in Santa Rosa in 1967. The attribution of the DiSq-mold and L-mold hot stamp chips is traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
Above advertisement from 6/14/1967 (The Press Democrat). |
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CG273260 Obsolete
Denom:
Issued: 1967
Added: 2021-10-30
Last Update: 2021-12-20
Color: Navy Blue
Mold: HHL
Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)
Updated by: Jim Colbert
C. W. Rice shipped these HHL chips to Doc Sweeney, Santa Rosa, CA in 1967. Previously attributed to "Doc's" in Reedley, CA.
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