Manufacturer: Unknown User: Putnam's Dining Rooms Date of example: Unknown   Notes: Putnam's Dining Rooms, 15 Prescott Street, Lowell, Mass., was established in 1882 and owned by F.E. Putnam, a golfer of note in the early 1900s. That location also housed a market and grocery. White body, blue design, wreath and

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Purta Coujeen Date of platter: 1928   Notes: The backstamp of this plate is marked "Purta Coujeen, design copyrighted." It is believed that the tile border is the Purta Coujeen pattern, independent of the mosque and palm tree motif that are associated with Chicago's Raphael Hotel.

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User/Pattern: Purple Cow Coffee Shop, Chittenden Hotel, Albert Pick Hotel Chain Date of creamer: 1924 – 1939 (based on backstamp)   Notes: This Purple Cow Coffee Shop was associated with the Chittenden Hotel in Columbus, Ohio, which was part of the Albert Pick Hotel Chain. The chain used

Manufacturer: Shenango China (also made by Mayer, Jackson, Syracuse and possibly others) User: Purple Cow Coffee Shops, Albert Pick Hotels Date of examples: 1957 Notes: The Purple Cow Coffee Shops were located in some of the Albert Pick Hotels found across the midwest. This was one of several purple cow designs

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Purity Ice Cream Date of plate: 1900 – 1912   Notes: Purity Ice Cream was made by York Sanitary Milk Co. and was located at 1920 – 1925 Market Street in York, Penn. Purity Ice Cream is depicted in a font with swashes and strong and

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Pure Oil Company Date of creamer: 1923 – 1946   Note: Located in Chicago, IL

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Purdue University Date of plate: 1930 Notes: According to this story in the Purdue University Archives, the bell now known as the Victory Bell was originally located in an "open tower surrounding the combination heating plant and gas making plant" and was used to wake students in the morning

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Pump Room – Ambassador East Hotel Date of cream pitcher: 1949 Date of plate: 1950s Notes: Chicago hotelier and restaurateur Ernie Byfield opened The Pump Room in the Ambassador East Hotel on Oct. 1, 1938. It became a Chicago Gold Coast landmark and endured for decades

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley, England User: The Pump Room – Lord Simcoe Hotel Distributor: Cassidy's Ltd. Date: 1959 – 1966   Notes: Constructed in 1956-57, the Lord Simcoe Hotel was located at 150 King St. West and University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 20-story concrete and glass post-modern building was designed