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ITEM VIEW: CG285496
1203 18th Street
Bakersfield, California
Type: Asian Card Room
Status: Unknown
Open: 1938, Close: 1954

These chips were shipped to the "Bamboo Chop Sticks", a Chinese restaurant that was owned by William "Bill" Lee, and his father Lee Hong Sing. In 1949, the restaurant was described as having attached to it "a private banquet room...available for gatherings of all kinds" (see "Archive").

T. R. King sold 2,000 of these large crown chips in five colors to William C. Lee, 1203 18th Street, Bakersfield, California, in 1946.

Advertisement detail from 11/24/1948 (The Bakersfield Californian).
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CG285496
Issued: 1946
Added: 2022-05-27
Contributed by: David Sarles

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