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Box 01, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Standard Shelf [Aisle: 1, Section: 8, Shelf: 1], MS--00255, Frank F. Watts Collection of Casino Memorabilia

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Letter from Walter G. Clark, consulting engineer, undated
  2. Statement of total amount of salt shipped from Eagle Salt Works, CPRR, 1880 August 31
  3. Hotel Mirador Casino, Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay, ceramic ashtray, undated
  4. Nevada State Police circular: Elmer Cosgrove Wanted for White Slavery; letter from James F. Mahoney, 1913
  5. Gaming tokens: Norwegian Caribbean Lines; Diamond Jim's Nevada Club, Las Vegas, Nev.; Pussykat A 'Go Go, Las Vegas, Nev.; McLaney's Carousel, Las Vegas, Nev.; Sonoma Inn, Winnemucca, Nev.; Club Bingo, Las Vegas, Nev.; Riverside Resort, Davis Dam, Nev.; Gus Thiros' Bonanza, North Las Vegas, Nev.; Gold Strike Inn, Hoover Dam, Nev.; Fort Lucinda Inn, Hoover Dam, Nev.; Felix's Bank Club, Lovelock, Nev.; El Casino, Bahamas; Monte Carlo Casino, Bahamas; Big Bonanza, North Las Vegas, Nev.; Kit Carson Club, Carson City, Nev.; Lucky Casino, Las Vegas, Nev., 1965-1968
  6. Deck of used playing cards from the Excalibur Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas, Nev., undated
  7. Las Vegas game by Film Star Creations Inc., 1944
  8. Matchbooks: Las Lenas, Argentina; Rendezvous Casino Club, London, England; Ritz Casino, London, England; Stakis Regency International Casino, Birmingham, England; Cromwells Mint Casino, London, England; Berkeley Casino Club, Edinburgh, Scotland, undated
  9. Gaming chips: California Club 25¢; Sky Harbor $25, Lake Tahoe, Nev.; 3 chips for free drinks at the Maxim, Las Vegas, Nev., undated
  10. Ephemera: playing card coaster; pachinko balls; Live Wire booster fund button Las Vegas, undated