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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
419 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, California
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1929, Close: Yes

The United States Playing Card Co. sold 1000 of these chips in five colors to the Los Angeles Trunk Factory, Los Angeles, California, on 6/8/1929. The Trunk Factory was a luggage store in downtown Los Angeles.

In 1923, the co-owner of the company, Charles Weingarten, was killed while playing cards in a backroom of the store. Two gunman had arrived to rob the players. Weingarten resisted, grabbed a gun, was shot and killed. The company was taken over by his brother and partner David Weingarten, who was also present at the card game (see Archive).

Advertisement from 12/31/1923 (Los Angeles Record).

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Table Chips (1) [QuickView]
CG100321 Obsolete
Added: 2013-03-21
Last Update: 2013-03-21
Color: Pink
Mold: C&S
Inlay: R-White
Contributed by: Rich Hanover
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG290453
Issued: 6/8/1929
Added: 2022-08-08
Mftr: United States Playing Card Company.
Contributed by: Rich Hanover
Total Items (2)

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