Manufacturer: Anchor Hocking Corp. User: Blue Circle Date of mug: unknown Notes: The Blue Circle hamburger chain was founded by Homer Longmire in 1931 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The chain eventually grew to over 30 locations. The motto of the chain was "A happy place for hungry people," and the house

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Blue Circle Date of mug: 1973 Notes: The Blue Circle hamburger chain was founded by Homer Longmire in 1931 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The chain eventually grew to over 30 locations. The motto of the chain was "A happy place for hungry people," and the house specialty

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Blossom Hill Date of plate: 1940s-1950s     Notes: Small white open flowers that have shades of pale pink and lavendar. Closed buds are mauve/rose colored.

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Blossom Heath Inn Date of ice cream shell: 1920s-early 1950s     Notes: Located on Jefferson Avenue (the Nautical Mile) in St. Clair Shores, Mich., Mathew Kramer, a hotelier and yachtsman, built this roadhouse in 1911, naming it the Kramerhof. In 1920, the building was sold

Manufacturer: Jackson China User name: Bloomfield Open Hunt Club Date of soup plate: 1957     Notes: Website: http://www.bohclub.com. The Bloomfield Open Hunt is located at Long Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It began in 1917 and has grown intermittently since then, ceasing fox hunting in 1965 but hosting

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Block Hall Club Distributor: Kniffen & Demarest, New York Date of plate: 1927-1928 Notes: From the Daytonian in Manhattan blog, the newly formed Block Hall Club purchased the property at 21-23 S. Williams St., in New York City, on Dec. 20, 1926. This club was composed

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Block's Restaurant Date of plate: 1940s-1952     Notes: Block's Restaurant was located at 112-116 East Cermak (also known as 22nd Street) in Chicago. In addition to routine cuisine, in 1934 and 1935 it also hosted charity Thanksgiving dinners, serving up to 2,000 guests who had

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern name: Bland Farm Scene Date range of plates shown: circa 1935-1940     Notes: Dark red, burgundy on white body; also produced in brown on a Lenape tan body. Trees, cows and country house in a pastoral scene in the plate's well, with border of mixed

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Blackwelder's Barbeque Lunch Date of bowl: unknown     Notes: From the book "Bob Garner's Guide to North Carolina Barbecue," it appears that as early as 1918 John Blackwelder added a barbecue pit to his taxi stand in Salisbury, N.C., and other members of the family