Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Fort Findlay Hotel Date of plate: 1960 Notes: Fort Findlay Hotel, 201 S. Main Street, Findlay, Ohio was built in the early 1950s. It was named after the first structure built in Hancock County in 1812. The hotel later became a Motor Hotel. Ivory body, brown border

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Fort Armstrong Hotel, Rock Island, Illinois Date of service plate: 1923 – circa 1927 Notes: Completed in 1926 and designed by prominent Chicago hotel designer Charles W. Nicol, the Fort Armstrong Hotel provided 160 guest rooms, plus ten apartments on the top floor. Other facilities included a

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Fort Armstrong Hotel, Rock Island, Illinois Date of celery: circa 1935 – 1940 Notes: Completed in 1926 and designed by prominent Chicago hotel designer Charles W. Nicol, the Fort Armstrong Hotel provided 160 guest rooms, plus ten apartments on the top floor. Other facilities included a banquet

Manufacturer: Shenango China User/Pattern Name: Ford Motor Company – Rotunda Date of examples: circa 1950 – circa 1958 Notes: The Ford Motor Company used this pattern in their company cafeterias and the pattern was used aboard the Ford Fleet of ore carriers in the 1950s and 1960s, and even made its

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Ford Motor Company Date of plate: 1984 Notes: This pattern was used in the Ford Motor Company factory cafeterias (and possibly in the executive dining rooms) and aboard the Great Lake freighter vessels of the Ford Motor Co. Marine Division, operating from 1924-1989. The Ford fleet vessels

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Ford Motor Company Date of cup, saucer: 1962 Notes: This pattern was used in the Ford Motor Company factory cafeterias (and possibly in the executive dining rooms) and aboard the Great Lake freighter vessels of the Ford Motor Co. Marine Division, operating from 1924 to 1989. The

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Forbes & Wallace Department Store, Springfield, MA Date of platter: 1920s – 1930s Note: Partners Alexander B. Forbes and Andrew Brabner Wallace constructed the eight-floor store in 1874 at the corner of Main and Vernon Streets. Forbes retired in 1896, leaving Wallace to run it. The store

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China / Chesteron China User: The Foor and Robinson Hotels Distributor: Albert Pick & Company, Chicago Date of teapot: 1923 – 1925 Notes: William A. Foor entered the hostelry business at the young age of 25 when he became owner of the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis, Ind. in 1890.

Manufacturer: Royal Schwarzburg, Germany User: The Food Craft Shops, Inc. Distributor: Nathan Straus & Sons, New York Date of teacup: circa 1923 – circa 1932 Notes: The Food Craft Shops, Inc. were located in New York City (Manhattan), Chicago, and Cleveland, perhaps other places as well. The Food Craft Shops operation