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Rockingham Hotel 3
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Rockingham Hotel Pattern: #6010 Iris Border Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Co. Date of plate: Circa 1920   Notes: The five-story, 100-room Rockingham Hotel was located at 401 State St., in Portsmouth, N.H. The Rockingham House originally was built as a mansion brick home in 1785 for Judge Woodbury
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Rockingham Hotel 2
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Rockingham Hotel Date of platter: 1940   Notes: The five-story, 100-room Rockingham Hotel was located at 401 State Street in Portsmouth, N.H. The Rockingham House originally was built as a mansion brick home in 1785 for Judge Woodbury Langdon. Thomas Coburn first opened the Rockingham House as
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Rockingham Hotel
Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Rockingham Hotel Distributor: Morandi Proctor Co., Boston, Mass. Date of platter: 1926   Notes: The five-story, 100-room Rockingham Hotel was located at 401 State Street in Portsmouth, N.H. The Rockingham House originally was built as a mansion brick home in 1785 for Judge Woodbury Langdon. Thomas Coburn
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El Reno – Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Manufacturer: Shenango China User/Pattern: Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP) – El Reno Date of platter: 1951   Notes: El Reno, Oklahoma, just west of Oklahoma City, was a major maintenance rail yard and passenger stop for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. White body with dual red lines
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Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad – El Reno
Manufacturer: Shenango China User/Pattern: Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP) – El Reno Date of platter: 1951   Notes: El Reno, Oklahoma, just west of Oklahoma City, was a major maintenance rail yard and passenger stop for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. White body with dual red lines
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Rock-End Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Rock-End Hotel Date of platter: 1925   Notes: Located at the mouth of Northeast Harbor, Maine, this 4-story, 65-room hotel was constructed by Herman Savage in 1883-84. The hotel was expanded and reconfigured several times to accommodate more than 100 guests. Open from June 1 to September
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Rochester Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Rochester Date of plate: 1914   Notes: The Hotel Rochester was located at 95 W. Main Street in Rochester, N.Y., opening in 1908 and operating under various names and management until 2000. Owners at one time during its history were the National Hotel Co., United Hotels,
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Rochester Club 3
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Rochester Club Date of ice cream shell: 1918 – 1924   Distributor: Dudley, Given and Wamsley Co. Notes: This china — and two other known patterns with the same seal but different borders — have all been identified in 2006 by Charyleah Cordone, president and owner,
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Rochester Club 2
Manufacturer: Scammell China and McNicol China User: Rochester Club Date of Scammell plate: 1928 – 1930 Date of McNicol creamer: 1931 – 1960s   Notes: This china — and two other known patterns with the same seal but different borders — have all been identified in 2006 by Charyleah Cordone, president
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