Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Francis Scott Key Hotel Date of service plate: 1923 – circa 1927 Notes: The Francis Scott Key Hotel opened on January 8, 1923 in Frederick, Maryland. It dominated the social scene in downtown Frederick until 1975, when hard economic times and suburban sprawl forced it to close.

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Fourteenth Street Lunch Distributors: E. B. Adams Co. Date of footed bowl: Circa 1920s Notes: Little has been found about the Fourteenth Street Lunch – located in Washington, D.C. – except for a handful of mentions ranging from 1904 to 1917 that included help wanted listings in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Foster's Cafeterias Date of plate: Circa 1924 – early 1930s Notes: Bickford's history dates back to 1922, when Samuel Longley Bickford opened his first Bickford's cafeteria. Throughout the next 40 years, Sam, and eventually his son, Harold, worked to expand their cafeteria chain throughout the Northeast

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Foster's Cafeterias Topmarked Sample Plate Date of plate: 1959 Notes: Bickford's history dates back to 1922, when Samuel Longley Bickford opened his first Bickford's cafeteria. Throughout the next 40 years, Sam, and eventually his son, Harold, worked to expand their cafeteria chain throughout the Northeast and into Florida

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Foster's Cafeterias Date of plate: 1923 – circa 1954 Notes: Bickford's history dates back to 1922, when Samuel Longley Bickford opened his first Bickford's cafeteria. Throughout the next 40 years, Sam, and eventually his son, Harold, worked to expand their cafeteria chain throughout the Northeast and into

Manufacturer: Lubiana, Poland; Jarolina, Poland User: Forum Hotel Date: Lubiana (plate), 1970s – 1980s; Jarolina (ashtray), post-1980s Notes: The landmark Forum Hotel was located in the Centrum area of Warsaw, Poland. It was used during the Communist days as a place where foreigners were allowed to stay. Food and service were

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern/User: Forum Cafeteria Co. Date of bowl: 1930-1948 Notes: This handsome Art Deco pattern has been identified as having been produced for the Forum Cafeteria Co., located in Kansas City, Mo. From the Wikipedia article: "The Forum Cafeteria was a chain of economical cafeteria-style restaurants which operated across the

Manufactuer: Mayer China User: The Forum Date of shallow bowl: 1959 Notes: This custom pattern was produced in 1959 for a restaurant in Manhattan. The Forum was one of a series of theme restaurants established by Jerome Brody in the 1950s.

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: 49er Date of bowl: 1940s Notes: Western pattern on tan ware with ranch tools and farm scenes spaced around bowl.