Archive 1
Dyckman Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Dyckman– Minneapolis, Minnesota Date of examples: circa 1910-1924   Notes: The 10-story, 340-room Hotel Dyckman, on 6th Street mid-block between Nicollet and Hennepin streets, opened May 3, 1910. By 1934, the Dyckman was one of the hotels in the American Hotels chain. In 1959, it
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Durant Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Durant – Flint, Michigan Date of service plate: circa 1930s-1954   Notes: In June 1919 ground was broken for construction of the new Durant Hotel at 2nd Avenue, North Saginaw and Detroit streets, in Flint, Michigan. The project was financed by a group of 40
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Dreyfus Hotel
Manufacturers: Maddock, Scammell, Greenwood, and Shenango User: Hotel Dreyfus – Providence, Rhode Island Distributors: Scammell China: Tilden-Thurber Corporation – Providence, Rhode Island Greenwood Pottery: A. Weiscopf – Boston Date of china examples: circa 1890-1974   Notes:  The four-story Dreyfus Hotel opened in 1890, on the corner of Mathewson and Washington
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Dillon Court Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Dillon Court Hotel – Hartford, Connecticut Distributor: Mellon & Hewes Co. Date of tray: circa 1911-1915   Notes: Around 1911, Richard J. Dillon took some of the fortune he had made operating restaurants in railroad stations in the Hartford area and built the Dillon Court Hotel.
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Del Prado Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Del Prado – Mexico Date of china: circa 1948-1954   Notes: When the 10-story Del Prado Hotel overlooking Alameda Park in Mexico City opened in 1948, it was sleek and modern inside and out. It had a four-story lobby, 600 outside rooms with bath, 65
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De Soto Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The De Soto Hotel – Savannah, Georgia Date of service plate: circa 1931-1954   Notes: The De Soto at Bull and Liberty Streets in Savannah opened in 1890. It was named in honor of Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Around 1923, The De Soto became one
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Elms Hotel, The
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China Name of user:  The Elms Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Missouri Date of china: 1912 to 1954   Notes: In 1888, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, the Excelsior Springs Company built the first Elms Hotel on 50 acres of rolling hills and lush trees. The hotel was three stories
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Davenport Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Davenport Hotel – Spokane, Washington Distributor: The Cresent – Spokane, Washington Date of pin tray: circa 1914-1924   Notes: The 14-story, 406-room Davenport Hotel at 807 West Sprague Street, Spokane, Washington, opened September 1, 1914. It contained five dining rooms and three ballrooms. Some of the
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Curtis Hotel 2
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Curtis Hotel – Minneapolis, Minnesota Date of china examples: circa 1920-1924   Notes:  The first section of the Curtis Hotel opened in 1903. This was the four-story section that was later flanked by the 12-story left wing built in 1911, and then the 12-story right
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