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Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Broussard's Restaurant Date of creamer: 1975 Notes: Opened by Joseph Broussard in 1920, this restaurant is located in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Click here for more about Broussard's history. White body with red transfer topmark of the Broussard's logo, featuring two semi-clad young ladies
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Brooklyn
Manufacturer: Carr China Pattern: Brooklyn – Underglaze Print Pattern #6046 Date of examples: 1940s – 1952 Notes: Supplied with and without line, as noted by the above examples. Known colors: brown, blue and red/pink. Tan body creamer with blue laurel leaf and berry pattern along rim with beading above and below.
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Bigelow Hotel/Ben Lomond Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Bigelow Hotel / Ben Lomond Hotel Rim Pattern: Mistic Date of tray: 1925     Notes: Opening in 1927, the 12-story, 350-room Bigelow Hotel was located at 25th Street and Washington Blvd in Ogden, Utah. It gained attention when it hosted the 1928 Democratic Convention. It
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Big Pixey Restaurant
Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Big Pixey Restaurant Date of plate: 1961     Notes: In the mid-1950s, there were three Big Pixey Restaurant locations in Pennsylvania: Montgomeryville, Upper Gwynedd and Collegeville. Carhops delivered your order on roller skates at these drive-in restaurants in the day. The chain was sold in
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Big Boy
Manufacturer: Walker China User: Big Boy Date of plate: 1960 Notes: The Big Boy chain started in Glendale, California in 1936, when Bob Wian opened a restaurant called Bob's Pantry. His signature double-decker burger, two hamburger patties with a special relish served on a bun sliced in thirds, was created
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Bickford's Cafeterias 2
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Bickford's Cafeterias Date of plate: 1925-1929 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 and
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Bickford's Cafeterias
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Bickford's Cafeterias Date of cup: 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 and
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Bickford's
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Bickford's Date of plate: circa 1925-1929 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 and
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Beverly Country Club
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Beverly Country Club Date of plate: 1951     Notes: Founded in 1908, this private country club has held several significant golf tournaments and is still active. It maintains a large clubhouse and services, and is located at 87th Street and Western Avenue in south Chicago.
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