Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Cooper-Monatah Hotel Date egg cup: circa pre-1918 Notes: The Cooper-Montah Hotel was located at 47th and Drexel, Chicago, IL. It was owned by the Cooper Hotel Company, which also owned the Cooper-Carlton Hotel, located in Chicago along Lake Michigan at Hyde Park and 53rd Street. This logo is

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Cooper-Carlton Hotel Date of creamer: 1918 Notes: Located in downtown Chicago, IL, the Cooper-Carlton Hotel was a 12-story hotel on the shore of Lake Michigan at Hyde Park Blvd and 53rd Street. The hotel was operated by the Reinert Brothers and was built right next to the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Coon Chicken Inn Date: 1930s Notes: The following paragraphs about Coon Chicken Inn were written based on information found at the former CoonChickenInn.com – now defunct – and at the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University. The latter includes a history of the chain written by the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Coon Chicken Inn Date: 1927 – 1948 Notes: The following paragraphs about Coon Chicken Inn were written based on information found at the former CoonChickenInn.com – now defunct – and at the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University. The latter includes a history of the chain written

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Coon Chicken Inn Border pattern: Empire Date: 1930 (small face); 1933 (large face) Notes: The following paragraphs about Coon Chicken Inn were written based on information found at the former CoonChickenInn.com – now defunct – and at the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University. The latter includes a

Manufacturer: Warwick China User : Cook's Spot Date of plate : 1941 Notes: Opened originally as The SPOT in 1907 when Spot Miller set up a chuck wagon in Sidney, Ohio. Once the city refused to allow him to serve from the cart, he removed the wheels and adding awnings, and

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern Name/Number: Conway / T-18 Date of covered sugar: pre-1950s Notes: White body with a rim treatment of a thin-edged brown border and light gray vines, alternating with five-petal blue blossoms. Backstamp on this covered sugar is the one used prior to the 1950s, with the name listed

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Conversation Pieces Date: 1957 Note: Various scenes entitled fishing, picnic, dancing, golf, and love and marriage. Golf plate photos courtesy of Birds-Nest

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Hotel Continental, Washington, DC Pattern: Persian Date of creamer: 1952 Notes: The Hotel Continental was built circa 1910 on 420 N. Capital & E St. facing Union Station and Capital Plaza and was demolished prior to 1975. An office building called 400-444 North Capitol Street is now located