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Peter Pan Snack Shops 2
Manufacturer: Shenango China and Walker (Bailey-Walker) China User: Peter Pan Snack Shops Date of Shenango cup and saucer: 1951 – 1952 Date of Bailey-Walker pieces: 1942 and 1949   Notes: Notes: According to ChicagoTonight, the first Peter Pan Snack Shops opened in Chicago somewhere between 1942 and 1945 (depending on source)
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Peter Pan Snack Shops
Manufacturer: Shenango China and Mayer China User: Peter Pan Snack Shops Date of Shenango: 1954 – 1956 Date of Mayer: 1960 Mayer border pattern name: Juniper   Notes: Notes: According to ChicagoTonight, the first Peter Pan Snack Shops opened in Chicago somewhere between 1942 and 1945 (depending on source) in the
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Persian
Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Persian Date of plate: 1930s – early 1940s   Note: Blue-green/teal band with white florals on white body. US Patent D87735 was issued on September 6, 1932 to Harry J. Wain, assignor to Mayer China. For customized version: Continental Hotel – Washington, DC
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Perkins Pancake House
Manfufacturer: Walker China User: Perkins Pancake House Date of creamer: 1964   Notes: Adopting pancake recipes from William Smith of Smitty's pancake house in Seattle, Washington, Matt and Ivan Perkins opened their first Perkins Pancake House in Silverton, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati in 1958. Between 1958-1969, Matt and Ivan expanded
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Pere Marquette Hotel 2
Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Hotel Pere Marquette Date of plate: 1929 – early 1940s   Notes: The 400-room Hotel Pere Marquette opened in Peoria, Ill., on January 5, 1927. In 1981, the hotel underwent a massive renovation and afterwards was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel now
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Pere Marquette Hotel
Manufacturer: Walker China User: Hotel Pere Marquette Date of plate: 1956 – 1960s   Notes: The 400-room Hotel Pere Marquette opened in Peoria, Illinois on January 5, 1927. In 1981, the hotel underwent a massive renovation and afterwards was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel now has
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Peppercorn
Manufacturer: Shenango China/Anchor Hocking Pattern name: Peppercorn Date of plates: 1984   Notes: The design in monotone pink and red has a border of swirling vines with leaves, and on either side red lines with dots on one side and arrows on the other. The center design has the same vines
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Penobscot Inn
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Penobscot Inn Date of plate: November 1907   Notes: The first of three Penobscot Buildings is located at 131 West Fort Street, in Detroit, Michigan. Construction of the 13-story building began in 1904 and ended in 1905 (all three buildings exist today and comprise the Penobscot Block).
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Pennsylvania State Coat of Arms
Manufacturers: Buffalo China; Caribe China, a Sterling China subsidiary located in Puerto Rico; Carr China; Jackson China; McNicol China; and Sterling China Pattern: Pennsylvania State Coat of Arms Dates of examples: 1923 – 1960's   Notes: "Based on a 1778 design by Caleb Lownes of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania coat of arms
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