Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Lauderdale Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Date of plate: Circa 1936-1954   Notes: When the Art Deco-style six-story Lauderdale Beach Hotel opened in 1936, it contained 150 rooms with private baths. It operated as a winter resort that offered guests a choice of American or European

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Hotel Hurth  Distributor: Price-Culton Co. – Huntington, West Virginia Date of plate: circa 1926   Notes: The Hotel Hurth, built by Adolph Hurth, Jr., opened on June 10, 1926, and was located at 222 Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth, Ohio. An article in the Portsmouth Times on

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Water Themes – Spanish Galleon Date of service plates: circa 1926 – 1928   Notes: These service plates are part of the Water Themes series of transfer-printed and hand-painted ware as designed by Harry G. Aitken (1867–1952). Aitken came to work at Syracuse in 1904 as

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Saint Mary's School – Raleigh, North Carolina Date of cup: August 1921   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Founded in 1842 by the Rev. Aldert Smedes, an Episcopal priest, Saint Mary's School has operated continuously on the same site ever since. "With the support of the Episcopal Diocese

Manufacturer: Wallace China Company Pattern: Pine Mountain (Airbrushed) 2 Date of plate: 1953   Notes: White body china with an airbrushed drawing in the well of green pine trees in front of a background of a rugged purple mountain topped with white snow drifts. Contributor: Brittony Maag: plate photos

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hildebrecht's Restaurant, Trenton, New Jersey Name of pattern: #5000 Shoreham border Distributor: S. E. Kaufman Date of examples:  Circa 1910 – 1921   Notes: Around 1889, George Hildebrecht purchased – and renamed – a restaurant at 25-27 E. Hanover Street in Trenton that had been in operation since

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Uneva Lake Resort Date of plate: circa 1920s   Notes: Uneva Lake in Colorado is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains near to the town of Frisco. An article in The Herald Democrat of Leadville, Colorado, dated March 30, 1901, has a headline of

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Reading Hospital Pattern name (oval bowl): Mistic Date of examples: circa 1926   Notes: From Wikipedia: "In November 1867, physicians with the Reading [Pennsylvania] Medical Association and 16 local business leaders developed plans for the area's first hospital. The Reading Dispensary opened in downtown Reading on

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: The Dolphin Hotel Date of example: circa 1917 – 1940s   Notes: The Dolphin Hotel was built in the last half of 1923 at the southeast corner of N.E. First Avenue and Tenth Street in Miami, by R. Earl Smith, a Miami businessman. The architect was