Manufacturer: Walker China User: El Dorado Drive-In Restaurants Date of open sugar: 1962 Notes: Thanks to a matchbook, locations for what must have been a short-lived chain of restaurants have been found in the following Ohio cities: Richmond Heights, Cleveland, Valley View, and Maple Heights.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: El Chico Date of creamer: 1936 Notes: Spanish immigrant Benito Collada opened El Chico first in 1925 on Sullivan Street, New York City, and then moved the Spanish restaurant and gay nightclub to Greenwich Village at 80-82 Street, New York City in 1929. For an extensive history,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: El Chico Date of platter: 1951 Notes: Website. D Magazine ran a story in its November 2013 issue about El Chico, the Cuellar family's restaurant that was credited with introducing Mexican food to Americans. The family opened the first El Chico in 1940 in Dallas that eventually grew into a

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: El Charrito Cafe Date of platter: 1937 – 1950s Notes: Founded in 1937 there were at least five El Charrito Mexican Restaurants in the late 1950s, including this one in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. White body with a green and brown line border. Topmarked "Cafe El Charrito" in

Manufacturer: Porsgrund, Norway User: Einar Rasmussen Shipping Date of plate: 1972 Notes: Shipping line based in Kristiansand, Norway. White body, blue house flag consisting of a white diamond with a blue R inside. Matching blue band around rim. Pattern also made by Dunn Bennett & Co. Burslem, England. Source: Brown's Flags

Manufacturer: Schonwald User: Egon Oldendorff Date of cup and saucer: 1950-1968 Notes: Shipping company based in Hamburg, Germany founded in 1921 and continues to this day (2020). White body with blue double stripes and house flag with blue field and EO in white. Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels, Sixth Edition, Compiled

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern: Edithmar Distributor: W.C. Ayres Co. Inc., Philadelphia, PA Date of cup: circa 1925 – 1932 Notes: Lamberton white body demi cup with multicolored Edithmar border pattern, featuring an ornamental band in hues of blue and brown, broken by a fruit-filled compote. Distributor W. C. Ayres Co. originally

Manufacturer: Carr China Pattern name: Edith Date of plate: 1940s – 1952 Note: This pattern was named for Edith Carr, daughter of Alice and Thomas Carr – who was president and general manager of Carr China – and wife of Wheeler Bachman – who eventually took over the company.

Manufacturer: C.M. Hutschenreuther AG, Bavaria User: Hotel Edison Date of cups: 1931 – 1939 Notes: Located West of Broadway, from 46th to 47th Streets in New York City, the Hotel Edison was built in 1931 in the grand Art Deco style. Architect Herbert J. Krapp designed the original hotel interior to