Last Chance Joe Mug
aka. The Nugget Cowboy Mug
OMC label on bottom. THE NUGGET SPARKS NEV on front. Exclusively for Dick Graves' NUGGET CASINO SPARKS NEVADA printed on bottom
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The Nugget Last Chance Joe Mug
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Last Chance Joe Mug
aka The Nugget Cowboy Mug in 8 collections
This is a multicolored cold-painted cowboy mug. The character of Last Chance Joe, a bearded old West figure wearing a red bandana and packing a pistol on each hip, was created by Roscoe Duke Reading of Boise on a commission from Nugget founder Dick Graves in 1952, when Graves was still operating in Idaho. One of his enterprises was the Last Chance Cafe in Garden City, Idaho. In addition to mugs, there were also Joe coins, postcards, salt and pepper shakers, bobble heads, casino chips and other advertising.