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Purple Laurel – Pennsylvania Railroad
Manufacturer: Scammell China and Shenango China User: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Pattern: Purple Laurel Date of examples: 1920s   Notes: Whether railroad backstamped or not, this pattern saw exclusive service by PRR (though backstamped pieces are always preferred by collectors). Lamberton China body. For related info: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Keystone by Scammell China
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Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR – Purple Laurel
Manufacturer: Scammell China and Shenango China User: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Pattern: Purple Laurel Date of examples: 1920s   Notes: Whether railroad backstamped or not, this pattern saw exclusive service by PRR (though backstamped pieces are always preferred by collectors). Lamberton China body. For related info: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Keystone by Scammell China
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Keystone – Pennsylvania Railroad
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pennsylvania Railroad Pattern: Keystone Date of plate: circa 1923   Notes: Used aboard Pennsylvania Railroad dining cars. Lamberton body, reddish brown PRR keystone and lines. For related info: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Purple Laurel by Scammell China and Shenango China
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Pennsylvania Railroad – PRR – Keystone
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pennsylvania Railroad Pattern: Keystone Date of plate: circa 1923   Notes: Used aboard Pennsylvania Railroad dining cars. Lamberton body, reddish brown PRR keystone and lines. For related info: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR Purple Laurel by Scammell China and Shenango China
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pennsylvania National Guard – 2nd Brigade Combat Team Date of cup & saucer: 1928 – 1930   Notes: The Pennsylvania National Guard – 2nd Brigade Combat Team insignia has a lion standing on a red & white Torse. The Lion has a Queue-fourche or split tail and
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Pennsylvania Hotel 2
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Hotel Pennsylvania Distributor: N. Snellenburg & Co, Philadelphia, PA Date of cup & saucer: circa 1918 – 1922   Notes: The 10-story, 600-room Hotel Pennsylvania was located on Chestnut at 39th St., Philadelphia, Penn. It was designed by Clarence Edmund Wunder and completed in 1922. From
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Pennsylvania Hotel
Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Hotel Pennsylvania Date of egg cup: circa 1922 – 1935 (based on historical evidence, not backstamp)   Notes: The 10-story, 600-room Hotel Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, PA was designed by Clarence Edmund Wunder and completed in 1922. From 1927 to 1935 the hotel was listed as the
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Pennhurst Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Pennhurst Hotel Date of celery dish: Circa 1904 – 1910   Notes: The three-story clapboard Pennhurst Hotel, located on Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, opened before 1904. By 1915, it had 100 rooms operating under the American Plan. The 1957 Hotel Red Book (HRB)
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Penn-Stroud Hotel 3
Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Penn-Stroud Hotel Date of plate: 1965 – 1973   Notes: Located at the gateway of the Pocono Mountains, the first hotel built on the corner of 7th and Main streets in Stroudsburg, Pa. was the Stroudsburg House in 1833-34. The Stroudsburg House later became the Burnett House
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