Visitreno

BC Dave · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1598

This site has tons and tons of cool old Reno postcards. Fun to browse. Oh Man , those guys are knocking on my door again!

http://www.cardcow.com/search3.php?substring=reno&section=all&page=1

stan_allen · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 1129

I'm not exactly a spring chicken, but even I don't know who the heck this "Harold" guy is they keep referring to!

Thanks for the time machine!

BC Dave · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1598

Stan are you trying to get me in more trouble with John's Goons?

Harold's Club apparently deserves a great deal of credit for putting reno on the Map. Here's a concise little article on Harold's Club. (I loved the place.)

http://www.onlinenevada.org/harolds_club

A good pic of Harold's Club

http://www.cardcow.com/138154/harolds-club-reno-nevada-reno/

And Harold Sr. himself. (He died the same year I first walked through his club's front doors.)

http://www.cardcow.com/167890/harold-smith-sr-reno-nevada-reno/

And he is even mentioned on this interesting web page

http://www.visitreno.com/evanoff/feb-09.php

I want to, but have yet to get a copy of his book "I want to quit winners", which is an autobiograpy.

stan_allen · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 1129

Well, I'll admit I was being a tad cheeky, as I knew - although not from personal experience - that there had been a hallowed establishment in Reno known as "Harold's" - but the joke was on me, as I really didn't know much of anything more than the name of the place - so your links proved highly educational and entertaining!

Please tell the goons that you have corrected your errors by singing the praises of their former employer.