Box of poker chips from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A box of cardboard red, white, and blue poker chips. The box top is red with a black bottom. On the box top is a blue band with white text that reads [POKER / CHIPS] and white text on red that reads [UNBREAKABLE] and [NOISELESS]. The box top is decorated with illustrations of stacks of red, white, and blue poker chips. On the short end of the box is white text on both short sides that reads [100 / POKER CHIPS / ASSORTED / COLORS]. The interior of the box has three (3) vertical dividers to separate the four (4) stacks of chips. The box contains ninety-one (91) poker chips: forty-four (44) white chips, twenty-four (24) red chips, and twenty-three (23) blue chips. The chips are painted cardboard and are blank on both sides.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.49
objectType: label: Type
content: poker chips
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) on cardboard
label: Medium
content: paint on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Box): 1 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (4.2 × 16.5 × 7.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (Chips): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)