Unsigned hotel receipt for a one-night stay at the Airport Hilton in San Francisco, California, for a total sum of $85.55, one page, 6.75 x 8.5, June 14-15, 1981. Lansky's typed surname appears in the upper left corner. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Meyer Lansky’s step-granddaughter Cynthia Duncan. Provenance: The Thelma Lansky Trust. Lansky's trip to California was important as he traveled to Los Angeles to visit his friend Al Smiley, who had hadn't seen in thirty years. Smiley was a noted gangster and close associate of Bugsy Siegel. The 1981 Lansky-Smiley dinner meeting is written about in Cradle of Crime: A Daughter's Tribute, by Luellen Smiley.
