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Green Lane Fire Company
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Green Lane Fire Company Distributor: Fisher, Bruce & Co. – Philadelphia Date of plate: circa 1920 – 1940s   Notes: Green Lane Fire Company has been located in Green Lane, Penn., since 1920, and as the website shows, it has a banquet hall for rent
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Grand Lodge of Maryland
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grand Lodge of Maryland Distributor: Fresch Chadwell Company – Baltimore, Maryland Date of plate: circa 1930s   Notes: This design includes the well-known square and compass of the Masons, plus the Grand Lodge of Maryland (GLM) monogram. Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips
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G.A.R. – Grand Army of the Republic
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: G.A.R. – Grand Army of the Republic Date of ashtray: 1939   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the
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Loyal Order of Moose – Grafton Lodge 638
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Loyal Order of Moose – Grafton Lodge 638 Date of ashtray: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: This ashtray is the first listed in Carr's 1934 catalog, as #1 Home Ash Tray – 5 inches. It is topmarked on Carr's Glo-Tan body with the Moose logo
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Pine Cone Lodge
Manufacturers: McNicol China, Shenango China, and Tepco China User: Pine Cone Lodge Date of examples: circa 1940s – 1960s   Notes: From the Pine Cone Lodge website: "Pine Cone Lodge has a long history as a resort and fishing camp. It started as a logging camp in 1900's run by
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Grafton High School
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grafton High School  Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Courtesy of H. L. Freeze in Grafton, this is the pattern with GHS monogram made for Grafton High School. Contributors: Plate photos: H.L. Freeze Content: Susan and Ed Phillips
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Gopher Cafe
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Gopher Cafe Distributor: Restaurant China Company – St. Paul, Minnesota Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: According to the Gopher Bar website, Greek immigrant Andrew Kappas opened the Gopher Cafe in St. Paul, Minn., in 1931 at 82 W. 7th St. When Prohibition
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Good Samaritan Hospital Alumnae
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Good Samaritan Hospital Alumnae Pattern: Maythorne Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: The simple circular topmark is set on a Glo-Tan Maythorne pattern plate. The word "alumnae" is the Latin feminine plural for alumnus, and since back in the mid-20th century most nurses
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Giovanni Restaurant
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Giovanni Restaurant Date of egg cup: Unknown   Notes: A matchbook kindly provided by Charles Sovine gave us the location for this restaurant: 66 East 55th Street, New York City. This is a review of the restaurant in New York magazine in 1972. Source: Google
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