Hunt was one of the largest and oldest gambling supply mail order outfits in Chicago. They owned the chain rim mold, seen on some of the pictures below. Besides all kinds of gambling equipment (much of it dishonest, as seen in the pictures here), they were big in embossed tokens, punch boards and tip books and pull tabs. Lots of novelty and magic ads. The most mentioned stuff in the catalog is crooked dice and playing cards. There are many pages showing punch boards and books.
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Adolphe Menjou (center w/ cigarette) in "Cafe Metropole" (1937).
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