Archive 1
Great Northern, Hotel – New York City
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Great Northern – New York City Date of examples: circa 1910-1924   Notes:  The 13-story, 400-room Hotel Great Northern opened September 1, 1910. The large four wing facade was on 56th Street, while the main entrance was at 118 West 57th Street, in a narrow
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Grange Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Grange Hotel – Winnipeg, Canada Distributor: Albert Pick & Company Date of examples: circa 1909-1924   Notes: The three-story building at 168 Lombard Avenue, was built in 1898, as the Winnipeg Lodging and Coffee House. In 1906, it became the Carlton Hotel. In 1908, it was
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Grabow Hotel Company
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The E.R. Grabow Hotel Company Date of service plate: circa 1911-1924   Notes: The E. R. Grabow Company operated at least five hotels at the same time, The Tulleries and Empire, in Boston, the New Ocean House in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and the Titchfield and Myrtle Bank,
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Glades Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Glades Hotel – St. Petersburg, Florida Date of examples: circa 1950-1954   Notes: The oceanfront Glades Hotel at 17350 Gulf Blvd. in the North Redington Beach area of St. Petersburg, Florida, opened around 1950. When it opened, it had 100 rooms, and an addition before 1955 increased
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Good Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Good – Miami Beach, Florida Date of example: circa 1930s-1954   Notes: The Hotel Good, at 4301 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, opened before 1934. The Spanish Revival-style five-story hotel contained 100 rooms, with bath. In 1941, the dining room was known as the Gulfstream
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Gillsy Hotel
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China, and Mayer China User: Gillsy Hotel – Cleveland, Ohio Date of examples: circa 1907-1958   Notes: The Gillsy Hotel at 1801-1815 East Ninth Street in Cleveland, Ohio, opened in 1907. The 10-story hotel was built and operated by the Murphy Hotel Company. When that company
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Garde Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Garde – New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut Date of platter: circa 1904-1924   Notes:  The Hotel Garde, at Columbus Avenue and Meadow Street in New Haven, Conn., was opened June 1, 1894, by William Henry Garde. In 1897, The Hotel Garde Company was organized with
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Galen Hall
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Shenango China Users: Galen Hall – Atlantic City, N.J., Wernersville, Penn. Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of examples: circa 1904-1963     Notes:  Around 1895, Dr. William H.H. Bull purchased the three-story Ocean House, on the corner of Pacific and Connecticut Avenues, in Atlantic City, N.J. Dr.
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Old Smoky Barbeque
Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Old Smoky Barbeque – Williams, Arizona Date of examples: circa 1953   Notes: Old Smoky Barbeque at 624 West Bill Williams, in Williams, Arizona, was founded by Rod Graves of Rod's Steak House. After running the restaurant for two years, he sold the business to Lois
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