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Danny's Hideaway
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Danny's Hideaway Date of creamer: 1953 Notes: Almost every search on the Internet that yielded information about this bar and restaurant referred to it as Danny's Hideaway. For that reason, it is being spelled that way in this entry despite the matchbook that was key to the
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Daniel Boone Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Daniel Boone Hotel Date of service plate: 1928 – 1930 Notes: Located at 405 Capitol Street, Charleston, West Virginia, the Daniel Boone Hotel was built in 1929 in the Classical Revival style by American Hotels Corporation for more than $1.2 million. This 11" Lamberton China service plate
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Mayer China Pattern No. P4013
Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Mayer China Pattern No. P4013 Date of plate: 1930s – early 1940s   For related info: Dancing Girls version of this pattern by McNicol China| Mayer China Sample Plate by Mayer China
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Dancing Girls
Manufacturer: McNicol China Pattern: Dancing Girls Center Users: Blackstone Coffee Shop, Black Cat Cafe Date range of  china: 1931 – 1960s   Notes: The name of the center motif of this pattern was found in a 1951 McNicol catalog. This is believed to be a stock pattern. The backstamp of
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Dan and Louie's Oyster Bar
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Dan and Louies Oyster Bar Dates: 1938 – 1950s Notes: In 1907, Louis C. Wachsmuth opened Louis' Oyster Bar in Portland, Oregon. In 1938, after their second child Dan died unexpectedly from influenza at the age of 27, Louis and his wife Elizabeth Sauer changed the
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Dalt's Grill
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Dalt's Grill Pattern Name/Number: Blue Plate Special / A660 Date of plate: 1980s – present Notes: In 1980, Dave and Walt of the Friday's Restaurant Group opened the original Dalt's in West Nashville, TN. Since May 2001, the restaurant has been owned by Shannon Powell and
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Dale Hotel 2
Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley User: Dale Hotel Date of platter: unknown Notes: The Hotel Dale located on the corner of Lafayette and Franklin Streets, in Cape May, New Jersey, was originally built in 1850 as a brick residence for Dr. Samuel S. Marcy. Later a three-and-half-story wooden frame section was added
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Dale Hotel
Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Dale Hotel Distributor: Dougherty & Sons Philadelphia, PA Date of example: circa 1911 – 1920s Notes: The Hotel Dale located on the corner of Lafayette and Franklin Streets, in Cape May, New Jersey, was originally built in 1850 as a brick residence for Dr. Samuel S.
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Dakota
Manufacturer: Warwick China Pattern: Dakota – #6142 Border Print Pattern Date of examples: circa 1940s   Notes: This pattern, shown in both black and green versions and backstamped as Dakota, is also identified as border print pattern #6142 in a 1940s Warwick China sales catalog, shown above. The creamer and
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