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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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Daisy
Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Daisy Date of platter: 1940s – 1950s Notes: Light tan body with large burnt orange daisy flowers. ID and photos contributed by eBay seller 710ell
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Dahlia
Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Dahlia Date of grill plate: Circa 1940s Note: Sponge brushed design found in various colors, including rust brown, turquoise green, cobalt blue, purple and maroon red. In the 2001 book "California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism," author Bill Stern credits design for this pattern to Martha
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Bossert Hotel 2
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Bossert Date of plate: 1928-1930     Notes: Built in 1909 by Louis Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York, the 14-story, 400-room building was designed as an apartment hotel. With its glorious views of New York and its harbor, the hotel was
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Bossert Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Bossert Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co., New York Date of service plate: 1928     Notes: Built in 1909 by Louis Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York, the 14-story, 400-room building was designed as an apartment hotel. With its glorious views
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Boss Hotel System 2
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Boss Hotels Date of plate: circa 1931-circa 1935     Notes: Edwin A. Boss owned the Algona Hotel in Algona, Iowa before he served in World War I. Upon his return he started building a chain of hotels. "He predicated it upon the geographical knowledge that
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Boston and Albany Railroad Berkshire
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Boston and Albany Railroad Pattern: Adolphus RR-Assigned Pattern: Berkshire, when used by the Boston and Albany Railroad Date Used: 1913 – 1939 Notes: Railroad collectors identify this pattern as Berkshire as noted in various railroad china books. It was first ordered in 1913. According to Richard
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Maufacturer: Scammell China User: Boston Chamber of Commerce Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Co., Boston Date of matchstand: 1923 Notes: In June 1909, a merger of two major business groups created the modern day Boston Chamber of Commerce, which is a broad-based association representing 1,500 businesses of all sizes from virtually every
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