Archive 1
Beverly
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Beverly #47500 Date of double handled soup cup in green: 1929 Date of saucer in green: 1933 (Lyncourt pattern) Date of butter pat in black: pre-May 1930     Notes: According to Larry Paul, the Syracuse Beverly and Lyncourt patterns are the same design under different
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Bethel Inn 2
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Bethel Inn Pattern: Flowers of the Southland Distributor: Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Corp., Boston Date of service plate: 1937     Notes: The Bethel Inn opened in 1913, the culmination of Dr. John George Gehring's therapy for both himself and his patients. He suffered a
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Bethel Inn
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Bethel Inn Pattern: Nature Study Poppies No. 4 Date of service plate: 2008 Notes: The Bethel Inn opened in 1913 and this Nature Study Poppy service plate pattern has been used at the Inn since the early 1920s. The two-story, 68-room inn is located on
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Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. Date of plate: 1978 Notes: Brown & Williamson was founded in 1893 and was headquartered in Louisville, KY. They had a large cigarette factory in Petersburg, Virginia, which was that city's largest employer (4,000 some employees) for many years before closing
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Brown Palace 2
Manufacturer: Haviland & Co. – Limoges, France User: The Brown Palace Hotel – Denver, Colorado Date of plate: circa 1889 Notes: The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa is located at 321 17th Street in Denver, Colorado and is the second-oldest operating hotel in Denver after the Oxford Hotel. Designed by
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Brown Palace
Manufacturer: Hall China User: Brown Palace Hotel & Spa – Denver, CO Date of matchstand: 1930 – 1970s Notes: The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa is located at 321 17th Street in Denver, Colorado and is the second-oldest operating hotel in Denver after the Oxford Hotel. Designed by Frank Edbrooke,
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Brown Swan Club
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Brown Swan Club, Schroon Lake, NY Date of plate: 1945   Notes: The 100-room Brown Swan Club was built prior to 1925. By the early 1950s, the number of rooms was reduced to 68. On Aug. 15, 1953, the main house was purchased by Preacher Jack
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Brown Swan Club 2
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Brown Swan Club Date of plate: 1928 Notes: The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y., has photos of this pattern on its website with the information that it was used at the Brown Swan Club on Schroon Lake in New York. The 100-room Brown Swan
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Brownie's Lunch
Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Brownie's Lunch Date of saucer: 1930s – early 1940s Notes: The Mayan Ware saucer might have seen use at one of several known Brownie's Lunch spots: Brownie's Lunch, Reid Hill, Fourth Ward, Amsterdam, N.Y., owned by Raymond Krzys and frequented by Mickey Mantle; Brownie's Lunch, near
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