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ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
ITEM VIEW: CG151368
412 1/2 Center St.
Taft, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1939, Close: 1970s

Originally on Center Street and owned by Loraine Walters Giboney. It moved to 102 4th St in the early 1970s.

Giboney bought 500 of the hub mold chips in two colors in 1939 from Mason & Co. He also used the large crown chips originally shipped in 1945 to the "Fox Hotel" (also in Taft), and had a second shipment of 2000 of those chips sent to him in 1964.

Advertisement detail from 9/27/1974 (The Bakersfield Californian).

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CG151368 Obsolete
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Added: 2015-10-11
Last Update: 2019-11-17
Color: Red
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Jim Steffner

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