Manufacturer: Shenango China, Buffalo China User: Public Health Service Date of Shenango platter: 1912 – 1920s Date of Buffalo platter (Albert Pick & Co. distributor): Pre-1926   Notes: The Public Health Service had its beginnings in 1798 with the passage of an act that provided for the care and relief of

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Pub Tiki Date of example: 1964   Notes: Pub Tiki was located at 1718 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. A tiki style bar and nightclub, it opened in the 1950s and closed in 1977. It was part of a chain of establishments, but this is the only location that

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Pub Date of plate: 1961   Notes: The Pub was a chain restaurant in the 1950s through the early 1960s with three locations in Philadelphia, PA and one location at Airport Circle in Pennsauken, NJ. White body with an airbrush fade-out design in light tan; right

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Prospect House Date of bowl: April 1913   Notes: Civil War Colonel David Isaacs* arrived in Niagara Falls, New York 1874. He operated the Prospect Hotel in Clinton, Ontario, Canada, and had to cross the bridge each day to conduct business. He ran the Prospect until 1887,

Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther User: Progress Club Distributor: Nathan Strauss & Son, New York City Date of plate: 1931   Notes: The Progress Club was established in 1864 by a group of Jewish businessmen, primarily of German descent. According to the 1893 edition of King's Handbook of New York City, "members shall be

Manufacturer: Rosenthal, Germany; Syracuse China User: Progress Club Distributor: L. Barth & Company, Inc. New York City Date of Rosenthal example: 1928 Date of Syracuse example: unknown (and not shown)   Notes: The Progress Club was established in 1864 by a group of Jewish businessmen, primarily of German descent. According to

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Procter & Gamble Distributor: Morris Gordon & Son, Inc., Boston Date of plate: 1930s   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Procter & Gamble Company, also known as P&G, is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio." It was founded in 1837 by brothers-in-law "William

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Procter & Gamble Distributor: H. Lauber & Co., Cincinnati Date of plate: 1930s-1948   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Procter & Gamble Company, also known as P&G, is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio." It was founded in 1837 by brothers-in-law "William Procter,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Princeton University Date of platter: Circa 1890s – 1911   Notes: Princeton University, now located in Princeton, N.J., was chartered in 1746 in Elizabeth and is the fourth oldest college in the U.S. It was known originally as the College of New Jersey and was renamed