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Albert Davis Lasker - Partridge Club |
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Mill Road Farm |
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Lake Forest, IL 60045 |
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| Chips were ordered by I.S. Anoff who worked for The Albert Pick Co. The Pick company was a Chicago based business that outfitted hotels, club rooms, restaurants, etc. The bird on the chip is a Mountain Quail also known as a Plumed Partridge. The chips were made for Albert Davis Lasker, considered by many to be the father of modern advertising. |
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| Lasker was very wealthy Lasker had controlling interest in the Chicago Cubs before selling his interest to Wrigley in the early 1920's. Lasker liked to golf and play poker. His golf and poker buddies formed a club called the Partridge Club ("PC" on the poker chip) or Partridges. | ||||||||
| Around the time of the chip order Lasker built a massive country summer home north of Chicago (supposedly started in 1925, three years to complete). The estate, which cost $3.5 million in the 1920's included a 55 room residence and an 18 hole golf course. The golf course was ranked number 23 of the world's top 100 golf courses. The name Lasker gave to his Country estate was Mill Road Farm ("M.R.F." on the poker chip) | ||||||||
| Excerpts from a biography of Lasker in 1960 |
A scorecard from the Mill Road Farm golf course |
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| 1923 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Left to right AD Lasker (center), Jacob Ruppert (owner of the Yankees), Pres. Warren Harding | MRF country estate. Part of golf course top left, swimming pool at bottom | |||||||
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| "Burton Place" mentioned below was Lasker's mansion in Chicago | Another view of Lasker's estate in MRF | |||||||
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