Archive 1
SVCC
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: SVCC Date of celery dish: 1948   Notes: We thought this was a country club till we saw that mark behind the last C. If it's an O, then the monogram might stand for SVC Company. Otherwise, our best guess is a country club. Contributors:
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Tonkawa Lodge #157
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Tonkawa Lodge #157 Distributor: James China Co. – Kansas City Date of celery dish: Unknown   Notes: Tonkawa Lodge #157 is located in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips
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C.I. Thornburg Co.
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: C.I. Thornburg Co. Date of matchstand: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From The C.I. Thornburg Co., Inc. website, the business was founded in 1931 by Charles Irving Thornburg in Huntington, W.V., as a fire sprinkler contractor, and a sprinkler is depicted on the Glo-Tan matchstand.
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Topsham Grange No. 37
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Topsham Grange No. 37 Date of creamer: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "The Grange, officially referred to as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a fraternal organization in the United States that encourages families to band together
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Triangle Diner, The
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: The Triangle Diner Date of shard: Unknown   Notes: This is a shard that was dug from the Carr plant, made for The Triangle Diner in Winchester, Va. The restaurant was locately due east — but over a torturously twisty mountain drive — from the pottery.
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Black's Restaurant
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China User: Black's Restaurant – Pittsburgh, Penn. Date of examples: circa 1903 – 1923   Notes: Charles S. Black (1857 – 1945) was born in Pittsburgh, worked for the Assessor's Office, then the Postal Service, before being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1897.
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Terminal Inn
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Terminal Inn Date of creamer: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: We have no proof as to where this topmarked creamer was used, but our best guess is the Terminal Inn, located in Sandusky, Ohio. Located on Lake Erie, Sandusky has served as a port and
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Tavern on the Green
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Tavern on the Green Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia: Tavern on the Green, located in Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City, was "originally the sheepfold that housed the sheep that grazed Sheep Meadow …
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YMCA 3
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: YMCA Date of mug: Unknown   From Wikipedia: "YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. It was
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