Archive 1
Southern Pacific Lines – Prairie Mountain Wildflowers
Manufacturer: Syracuse China and Shenango China Pattern: Prairie-Mountain Wildflowers User: Southern Pacific Lines Date Used: 1930s – 1950s   Notes: Used in the Southern Pacific Lines railroad dining cars, as well as the tea room of the general office building in San Francisco. Syracuse manufactured this copyrighted pattern in both Econo-Rim and
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Prairie Mountain Wildflowers – Southern Pacific Lines
Manufacturer: Syracuse China and Shenango China Pattern: Prairie-Mountain Wildflowers User: Southern Pacific Lines Date Used: 1930s – 1950s   Notes: Used in the Southern Pacific Lines railroad dining cars, as well as the tea room of the general office building in San Francisco. Syracuse manufactured this copyrighted pattern in both Econo-Rim and
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Powhatan Hotel
Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Hotel Powhatan Distributor: E. B. Adams Co., Washington, DC Date of compote: est. 1911 – circa 1930s   Notes: The Powhatan Hotel, located at the north east corner of Pennsylvania and 18th streets in Washington, DC was built in 1911 by Milburn, Heister & Co. Architects. The
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Violet Border
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Violet Border Date of bowl: circa 1904 Date of plate: 1910   Notes: This pattern is identified on page 4 of the book "Syracuse China," by Cleota Reed and Stan Skoczen as an example of Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movement patterns on Syracuse China.
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Ports O' Call Restaurants
Manufacturer: Walker China User: Ports O' Call Restaurants Date of plate: 1965   Notes: Located on the 37th floor of what used to be the Southland Life tower of the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, TX (the hotel opened in 1958, the Southland Tower in 1960), were four restaurants operated by Stephen
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Porto Rico Line
Manufacturer: Buffalo China and Unknown User: Porto Rico Line Date of gravy: circa 1920s Date of compote: 1925 Date of egg cup: 1941 Date of unknown egg cup: 1907-1909   Notes: The Porto Rico Line (New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.) operated from 1885 – 1949, offering freight and passenger
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Portland, The
Manufacturer : Maddock Pottery User: The Portland Pattern #352 Taft border Date of plate: Circa 1918-1924   Notes: The six-story Portland was located at 1129 Vermont Avenue and 14th Street at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. It opened as an apartment house named Portland Flats in 1880. By 1923, it was
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Portage Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Portage Date of Service Plate: May 1913   Notes: The 250-room Portage Hotel was built in Akron, OH, circa 1913. It was demolished in late 1991.
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Port Washington Yacht Club
Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Port Washington Yacht Club Date of cup: 1969   Notes: From the club's website, the club was founded in 1905 in Port Washington, N.Y., as The Port Washington Club. By 1910, its named had changed to the Port Washington Yacht Club. It was incorporated in 1936. After the
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