~~~ went back to at least 1948. I always thought it was 1950.

I remember one day when my mother took me inside (6-weeks; summer of '51) to buy more postcards, the woman told her the postcards were 5 for 5¢. The first night after getting off the trane we stayed in a room on the second floor next door. We walked to the window in the hallway and watched all the people running around outside and my mother said it was midnight. The next day a driver picked us up and took us to 555 Imperial Blvd where we stayed with Mrs Mack (Mc?) for the duration. Finally sold all of mom's collection at our 1994 club convention. Sold a deck of photo playing cards that was a dime for $300... Mostly all paper items and folders, no chips.