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ITEM VIEW: CG279182
265 Main Street
Watsonville, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1957, Close: 1988

Licensed card room, also referred to as the "Two Sixty-Five Club". Originally owned by Merle E. Fine, who previously operated the "Busy Bee" cardroom in Watsonville. The card room was taken over by Victoria Quinell in 1971. Before 1957, "Clancey's Bar" was at this address.

The attribution of the H&C-mold hot stamp "265" chips is from Armin Pfaender's California Chip Guide (2021). Not in Pfaender (2013) or Eastman (1998).

Advertisement from November 1978 (The Gambling Scene, Vol. 2, No. 7).

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Issued: 1955
Added: 2022-02-07
Last Update: 2022-02-07
Contributed by: David Sarles

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