Archive 1
G. K. Coffee House
Manufacturer: Jackson China User: G. K. Coffee House Distributor: W.H. Davenhall, Boston, Mass. Date: Pre-1920 Notes: Per RWCN member lmfish06, the coffee house was located in Taunton, Mass., and was owned by J. Garfield Geddis and Mark W. Knowlton, whose last names would have been the inspiration for the shop's name.
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Fusan
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Fusan Date of plate: circa 1920s
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Furness Bermuda Line
Manufacturer: Dudson Brothers Limited, England and Royal Doulton, England User: Furness Bermuda Line Date: Dudson Brothers plate, 1936 – 1945; Royal Doulton cup and saucer, circa 1933 Notes: The Queen of Bermuda was delivered in 1933. During World War II she was used as an armed merchant cruiser and a troop
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Fruit Moderne
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Fruit Moderne – Syracuse China Overglaze Pattern #P-34 Date of plate: 1929 Notes: A white body plate with a thick black band and thin green band border, adorned with multicolored, decaled fruits and leaves, including red berries, grapes, peaches or apricots. This pattern is shown in a
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Frontier Hotel
Manufacturer: Shenango China and Syracuse China User: Frontier Hotel Date: Shenango plate, 1927 – 1948; Syracuse plate, 1943 Notes: The five-story, 100-room Hotel Frontier was built in 1937 at 19th Street and Central Avenue in Cheyenne, Wyo. and first listed in the 1938 Hotel Red Book (HRB). By 1962, the hotel
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Frontier Airlines
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Frontier Airlines Date of cup: 1959 – late 1970s Notes: Frontier Airlines was founded in 1950 with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. The airline served the Rocky Mountain area and, with the purchase of Central Airways, became one of the stronger regional carriers. In 1973, Emily Howell Warner
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Frisch's 4
Manufacturer: Walker China User: Frisch's Date of plate: 1962 Notes: In 1905, Samuel Frisch opened Frisch's Café in Cincinnati, Ohio. Frisch died in 1923 and three of his sons, Dave, Reuben and Irving, took over the restaurant operations. In 1948, the first Frisch's Big Boy opened on Central Parkway in Cincinnati,
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Frisch's 3
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Frisch's Pattern Name: Tulip Pattern No: ZMB-362 Date of cup: 1955 Notes: In 1905, Samuel Frisch opened Frisch's Café in Cincinnati, Ohio. Frisch died in 1923 and three of his sons, Dave, Reuben and Irving, took over the restaurant operations. In 1948, the first Frisch's Big Boy opened on
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Frisch's 2
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Frisch's Date of mug: 1966 Notes: In 1905, Samuel Frisch opened Frisch's Café in Cincinnati, Ohio. Frisch died in 1923 and three of his sons, Dave, Reuben and Irving, took over the restaurant operations. In 1948, the first Frisch's Big Boy opened on Central Parkway in Cincinnati,
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