Antique Lot of 3 Saratoga Gambling Poker Chips Meadow Brook and Newman's Lake House Casino
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This is an antique lot of of three gambling chips from two casinos in Saratoga Springs, New York. One chip is marked with the initials "MB" inside of a lucky horseshoe, the symbol for Meadowbrook casino. The remaining chips are from Newman's Lake House Casino. John and Gerald King started Newman's Lake House on Crescent Avenue on the site of a converted inn with a dining room that could seat 500.
The Saratoga lake houses were a group of nightclubs operating in the vicinity of Lake Lonely on the east side of Saratoga Springs, New York from the 1920s until the early 1950s. They offered fine dining and top quality entertainment along with illegal liquor during prohibition and illegal gambling.
Although there were many speakeasies in Saratoga Springs during this period, six were well known as "lake houses": The Arrowhead Inn, Riley's Lake House, The Piping Rock Club, Newman's Lake House,The Meadow Brook (earlier Mayfair), and Smith's Interlaken.
Each is 39mm diameter. The total weight is 22.7g
The Saratoga lake houses were a group of nightclubs operating in the vicinity of Lake Lonely on the east side of Saratoga Springs, New York from the 1920s until the early 1950s. They offered fine dining and top quality entertainment along with illegal liquor during prohibition and illegal gambling.
Although there were many speakeasies in Saratoga Springs during this period, six were well known as "lake houses": The Arrowhead Inn, Riley's Lake House, The Piping Rock Club, Newman's Lake House,The Meadow Brook (earlier Mayfair), and Smith's Interlaken.
Each is 39mm diameter. The total weight is 22.7g
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Each exhibits toning.
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Antique Lot of 3 Saratoga Gambling Poker Chips Meadow Brook and Newman's Lake House Casino
Estimate $200 - $400
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