Manufacturer: Caribe China, a Sterling China subsidiary located in Puerto Rico User: Kings Kastles Date of plate: April-June 1951   Notes: According to the back notes of an 1961 article in the Journal of Retailing, Kings Kastles Drive-In opened in Rantoul, Illinois in 1949. White body, topmarked with a blue Smiley Face wearing

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: King Cole Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana Date of custard cup: 1958   Notes: The King Cole, Dayton, Ohio, was founded in 1928 by Max Comisar and originally called "Seville." After 24 years, the restaurant, now called "King Cole," moved to a new building where it

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: King Cole Hotel Date of plate: 1923 – 1927   Notes: The King Cole Hotel opened December 15, 1925, in Miami Beach, Florida. The fourth hotel built by Carl Fisher, this building had three floors, 60 rooms, and a four-story observation tower on one end of the

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Kin Wa Low Date of creamer: 1931 – 1960s   Note: Kin Wa Low was an American-Chinese Restaurant located in the 600 block of Cherry in Toledo, Ohio. It was a legendary Chinese-American theater and restaurant that opened in the 1930s, but fell victim to tax problems

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Kin Chu Cafe Date of plate: 1953   Notes: From "Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated History": "Kin Chu Café opened in 1923 with an all-Chinese staff under the management of Wen Wong, who was in charge for more than thirty years." The book includes a photo of

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Keystone Athletic Club, Pittsburgh, PA Date of plate: 1927   Notes: The Keystone Athletic Club was built in 1927 and became the 300-room Keystone Hotel between 1933 and 1939. In circa 1951, the hotel was a Sheraton Hotel, and in circa 1956 was a Sherwyn Hotel. The

Manufacturer: William Guerin & Co., Limoges, France User: Key Route Inn, Oakland, CA Distributor: Burley & Company, Chicago Date of pitcher: circa 1907   Notes: The Key Route Inn was a multi-storied railroad eating house and hotel and was operated by the Key Route (or Key System) Electric Railroad that ran

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Key Border Date of bowl: 1962   Notes: Greek key border design in gold with black inner accent stripe on white body. ID and photos contributed by reddygal

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Kewpee Lunch Date of plate: 1930s-1940s   Notes: Restaurants in the Kewpee chain, which began in Flint, Mich., in 1923, seem to have called themselves everything from Kewpee Hamburgs, to Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs, to Kewpee Sandwich Shop to Kewpee Hamburgers. The only one that called itself Kewpee