Found this in a pile of junk at a garage sale in Yreka. (Yes, the guy had sheds full of random weird stuff, and his heirs hadn't yet cracked open an old semitrailer and a 1950s travel trailer, also filled to the brim according to them.)
Standard piece of 1960s casino swag, but what makes this unusual is that label.
This came from Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino in Stateline (Lake Tahoe), Nevada. A lot of people here have never heard of Harvey's claim to infamy, so here is Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey's_Resort_Hotel_bombing
Harvey's Wagon Wheel was the casino blown up by a guy who had lost US$750,000 (1980 dollars) gambling there and who cooked up the bomb to extort US$3 million. It blew a gigantic hole in the casino, but the building had been evacuated, so no injuries or deaths of non-FBI agents. The bomb was so well made that a mockup was used to train FBI ordnance students for at least 30 years. The casino was eventually rebuilt, but the "Wagon Wheel" branding was dropped. Harvey's Wagon Wheel swag is fairly unusual to find due to the casino's fame.
Standard piece of 1960s casino swag, but what makes this unusual is that label.
This came from Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino in Stateline (Lake Tahoe), Nevada. A lot of people here have never heard of Harvey's claim to infamy, so here is Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey's_Resort_Hotel_bombing
Harvey's Wagon Wheel was the casino blown up by a guy who had lost US$750,000 (1980 dollars) gambling there and who cooked up the bomb to extort US$3 million. It blew a gigantic hole in the casino, but the building had been evacuated, so no injuries or deaths of non-FBI agents. The bomb was so well made that a mockup was used to train FBI ordnance students for at least 30 years. The casino was eventually rebuilt, but the "Wagon Wheel" branding was dropped. Harvey's Wagon Wheel swag is fairly unusual to find due to the casino's fame.