James R. Doyle, Incorporated
Professional Services Since 1975

As an outgrowth from the St. Louis Gambling Kingpins book, JRDI has created a series of art works that depicts an inside look of Uncle Vic and Jim's Ringside Casino.  The original source of these art works was from the St. Louis Post Dispatch's artist, George Corney.  In 1944, he went on-site, undercover, to create a series of unauthorized drawings depicting operations inside the casino. To this day, pictures of any sort showing a gaming floor in operation is very limited. In small size the drawings accompanied a feature story showing gambling on the East Side of St Louis and the Doyle's Ringside in particular.  The level of detail is extraordinary for its time, especially considering he drew them from memory with crayon.  

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JRDI has extracted 5 drawings from the newspaper; modified and enhanced them to create a rare look at actual gambling operations in 1944. They have been resized to 24" by 36" on quality matte paper and would make a great addition to an art gallery, office lobby, entertainment center, game room, behind a bar, or they might even be seen at your favorite gambling establishment of today.

The individual art works are available at the e-commerce site Etsy,  at
 etsy.com/shop/vintagegambling . Priced at $90.00 each, including free shipping.

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