"Champaign Mayor Cites Obstacles to War on Gambling"
Headline of article "Champaign Mayor Cites Obstacles to War on Gambling" from November 21, 1895 issue of the <em>Champaign Daily News.</em>
<em>Champaign Daily News</em>
11/21/1895
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newspaper
"Near Death"
Spurrier, William
Gambling and crime
Image of University of Illinois student William Spurrier, whom ultimately died following a visit to local gambling, drinking, and prostitution establishments in Champaign.
Urbana Courier, Newspaper Microfilm Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Urbana Courier
1939
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photograph
"Pitcher and Maier" Business Card
The card reads in full:<br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;">For Direct and Authentic Race Results<br />CALL ON<br />PITCHER and MAIER<br />105 N. Market<br /><br />Phone 6-1500 Champaign<br />...........................Free Lunch<br />and Supper each Thursday and Friday Night<br />and Bring Your Friend</div>
Jenny and Jean Pierre Vasaune
Champaign County History Museum
1930s
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business card
103 Club
Gambling
Gambling and crime--Illinois--Champaign--History
Vice
103 Club at 103 N. Market St., Champaign
"Gambling" Photographs Envelope, Champaign County Historical Archives
1937
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103 Club Floor Plan
Gambling
Gambling and crime--Illinois--Champaign--History
Vice
Floor plan of the 103 Club
Courier, 30 April 1937
04/30/1937
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floor plan
Clay poker chips from Gambler's Row, 1930s
These 40 clay poker chips were found inside a wall at 105 N. Market Street in Champaign during a 1984 remodeling of the building. The chips were presumably dumped into the wall during a police raid in the 1930s.
Jenny and Jean Pierre Vasaune
Champaign County History Museum
1930s
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artifact
Criminal Charge against Gambling
Judicial proceedings
Sullivan, John
Front side of first known recorded criminal charge against gambling in Champaign County. Case filed October term, 1857. John Sullivan charged with keeping a common gambling house for his gain.
Circuit Court Criminal Case 59 (1857): People vs. John Sullivan
1858
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criminal court record
Dixon's Policy House
Gambling
Gambling and crime--Illinois--Champaign--History
Vice
Gus Dixon’s Policy House on the 600 block of Poplar St.
"Gambling" Photographs Envelope, Champaign County Historical Archives
1937
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Editorial in Evening Courier
Gambling
Urbana (Ill.) -- Newspapers.
First of a series of articles on gambling establishments in Champaign.
Anonymous
The Evening Courier, Microfilm Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Evening Courier
4/29/1937
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newspaper clipping
Flynn Campaign Poster
Advertising, Political--Urbana (Ill.)
Flynn, James
Mayor James Flynn’s 1939 re-election poster. He won the election on April 18, 1939.
Champaign-Urbana Courier, Microfilm Collection, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library
Champaign-Urbana Courier
1939
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