Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Houston Yacht Club Date of platter: 1927 Notes: Website. Founded in 1897, the clubhouse (called the "Pink Palace") has been located on Galveston Bay since 1927 in a three-story Spanish-inspired building designed by Hedrick and Gottlieb, architects. It still stands today (2012), after a fire and remodeling. The

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Houston Ice & Brewing Company Date of plate: 1911 Notes: A brief history of the Houston Ice & Brewing Company brewery, its architect and brew master are located at: http://www.magnoliaballroom.com/brewery_history.html. A more detailed history was written by Louis F. Aulbach: http://bit.ly/17mQMz8. From the Magnolia Ballroom website: "The Houston

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Houston Country Club Pattern: Ardmore Date of platter: 1924 Notes: Organized in 1908, the Houston Country Club opened its first facility in 1909, which included a tennis court, a large clubhouse with apartments and a full-service kitchen. At a time when 9-hole golf courses were more commonplace, the

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Hot Shoppes Date of cup: 1940s -1952 Notes: Hot Shoppes was founded in 1927 by J. Willard Marriott in Washington, D.C. Marriott, who later went on to found the Marriott hotel chain, opened the first Hot Shoppe as an A&W Root Beer stand which later evolved into

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Hostess Hamburgs Date of cup: 1930 – 1946 Notes: Based on the matchbook shown below, Hostess Hamburgs was located in Muskegon, Michigan. This is a handled, Stern's Stakup cup, designed and patented by Frederick A. Stern (US Patent D78171, April 2, 1929) with a stabilizing rim for easy

Manufacturer: Walker China and Shenango China User: Hospitality Motor Inns Date of footed mugs: Walker, mid-1960s – 1969; Shenango, 1968-79 Notes: A subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, the Hospitality Motor Inns originally was headquartered in the Midland Building of Cleveland, Ohio. The trademark logo of a flaming or

Manufacturer: Sterling China Pattern: Horseshoe (Airbrushed) Date of cream pitcher: 1965 Notes: The companion piece might be this Horse & Jockey platter.

Manufacturer: Sterling China Pattern: Horse & Jockey (Airbrushed) Date of platter: 1967 Notes: The companion piece might be this Horseshoe creamer.

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern name: Horizon Pattern number: J-36 Date of mustard pot: 1930s-early 1950s Notes: According to a 1970-era Shenango catalog (page shown below), Horizon was "a popular Shenango pattern for many years." The mustard pot with an ivory body has a dark brown stripe with a wide airbrushed band next