That is definatly possable John. I actully think its a wharehouse too, but my personal opinion is that it is a evidence or Law Enforcement wharehouse.

I think this because the place in the photo shure doesnt look like any club. Also the way the items are set up, i dont think in a raid that Law Enforcement would lug all that equipment to the center of a club to take a picture then lug it again to trucks.

My reason for thinking it is not a storage warehouse that was raided is why would anyone dump the chips put of the racks and store it in a pile. Also again why would these large items be lugged to the middle of a room for a picture and be lugged again to trucks.

The idea or adding equipment is an intresting idea and would be possable at a Law Enforcement facility. There were several raids in 1929 and if im right and it was a L.E.O. or evidence warehouse that kind of "extra" equipment would certinly be accessable.

I hope to find where they come from even if its not the answer i want. I spent hours going through pictures taken by the photographer, Fishbaugh, W. A. (William A.), and it is the only "gambling" photo from him i can find. The good majority of them do have the date the pictures were taken. One thing i noticed is that he photographed pretty much exclusivly in Florida. I have no reason to dout that whatever they are and wherever they came from they ended up in Florida for that picture.

Unfortunatley a article on the raid had not been found yet. I thought we found it when i went through the Jacksonville Times Union microfilm but ended up with this story of a raid that happened a few days later(April 6 1929)..

Arg...the search contiues!!