A few of these came home with me today. Lady selling them said they belonged to her father-in-law, and was always told they were from the 1930's iconic club "Dante's Inferno". No joy in "Gaming Table". Same on both sides, much of the fine cross hatching/texture remains. Chips clean without any bad odor or cigarette burns.
Some background here:
The North End was the Italian part of town, the area most closely associated today with the City Market. Night spots there could be found along 5th Street and on Independence Avenue, among them the original Bar Le Duc (at 5th and Main before moving later to 12th and Charlotte), the original Dante's Inferno (at Independence and Troost before moving to 12th and Locust) and the Oriental Club, 414 E. 5th Street. from http://paris-of-the-plains.blogspot.com/2012/08/
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