T. R. King sold at least 5,000 of these large crown chips in ten colors/denominations to Pilar G. Vargas, between 1946 and 1952. The order was likely picked up at the T. R. King offices in Los Angeles, CA.
Pilar G. Vargas co-owned and operated two card rooms in Oxnard during the 1940s, and until 1955; "Pilar's Card Room", 522 S. Oxnard Boulevard, and "Pilar's Draw Poker Room" at 131 E. 6th Street (See "Archive")
Listings (2nd and 3rd) from the 1953 Oxnard-Ventura Business Directory, under "Card Rooms". |