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808 9th Street
Modesto, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1920s, Close: c. 1961

Often called "Jack Mehegan's" and "Mehegan's Pool and Card Room". A cigar store, bar, billiard parlor, and card room owned by John J. Mehegen, until his death in 1951. Owned by Rose Mehegen until the city revoked its license in 1961. In 1934, Mehegan's was the first business in Modesto to get a city slot machine license (see "Archive").

T. R. King sold 3000 of these large crown chips in five colors to Jack Mehegan, 808 9th Street, Modesto, California, in 1946.

Advertisement from 7/1/1933 (The Modesto Bee). Early ad making reference to a card room.

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Casino Money
Table Chips (5) [QuickView]
CG040801 Obsolete
Added: 2011-08-08
Last Update: 2011-08-08
Color: Green
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG040802 Obsolete
Added: 2011-08-08
Last Update: 2023-04-16
Color: Red
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG040803 Obsolete
Added: 2011-08-08
Last Update: 2023-04-16
Color: Mustar
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG040804 Obsolete
Added: 2021-10-25
Last Update: 2021-10-25
Color: Blue
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Fred DeKeyser
CG040805 Obsolete
Added: 2021-03-19
Last Update: 2021-03-19
Color: Pink
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Dan Glenn
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG283497
Issued: 1946
Added: 2022-04-24
Last Update: 2022-04-24
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (6)

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