Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Olmsted Hotel Distributor: Geo. Bowman Co., Cleveland, Ohio Date of covered sugar: 1912 – 1920s   Notes: The Olmsted Hotel was built in 1916 in Cleveland, OH and closed in 1960. It reopened as The Regency House in 1964 with 116 rooms. It originally had 253 rooms

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Olmos Club Date of plate: 1951   Notes: Located on San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio, Tex., the Olmos Dinner Club was owned by Mike Nolte. References to it run from a display ad in the San Antonio Express in 1935 to 1962. Exact opening and closing

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Ollie Hammond's Steak House Date of platter: 1953   Notes: There were three Ollie Hammond's Steak Houses at one point, all in Los Angeles, Calif. The first one opened in 1934 at 3683 Wiltshire Blvd.; the second opened in June 1940, at 141 N. La Cienega; the

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Oliver, known as "The Oliver" Border Pattern: Isis #62501 (underglaze) Date of celery dish: 1925   Notes: This hotel located in South Bend, Indiana opened in 1899 and was referred to as The Oliver. The Oliver Family of South Bend was well known for the many plows they manufactured in their

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Olive Garden Restaurants Date of cup & saucer: circa 1980s Notes: Buffalo China custom designed rooster pattern for the Olive Garden Restaurant chain. The chain was founded in 1982 by General Mills, Inc. and later was incorporated under its Darden Restaurants division in June 1995. Click here for the

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Ole's Waffle Shops Date of plate: late 1950s -1964   Notes: Ole's is a San Francisco Bay Area classic diner and an Alameda family dining institution, featuring waffles, steaks and burgers. Ole's has been an Alameda tradition since its opening in 1927, much loved among the regulars

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Oldsmobile Date of plate: 1951   Notes: Used for employee dinners and dances held at the Lansing Plant in Michigan. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Olds Date of plate: 1923 – 1927   Notes: A 500-room hotel in Lansing, Mich., home of the famous "Fielder Room." The hotel became the Jack Tar Lansing Hotel in 1961. Cobalt rim with gold on a white body.

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Old Town Club Date of plate: 1939   Notes: The Old Town Club is located at 1375 Old Town Club Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The golf course was established by Mrs. Mary Reynolds Babcock and opened January 1, 1939. The brick club house opened Friday December