Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Blackstone Hotel Date of bowl: November 1936 Notes: Located at 636 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, this 21-story, 450-room grand hotel opened its doors in 1910. It was named after Timothy Blackstone, President of the Illinois Central Railroad, who built the hotel mainly to serve

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: The Blackhawk Restaurant – Indian Room Date range of plate and cup: 1930s-1948     Notes: Otto A. Roth opened The Blackhawk restaurant in December 1920 at 139 N. Wabash and Randolph in the Chicago Loop. One of Chicago's most successful restaurants, spanning 64 years, the

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: The Blackhawk Restaurant Pattern Number: P.L. 3009-17-22-17 Distributor: Albert Pick & Co., Inc., Chicago Date of cup: unknown     Notes: Otto A. Roth opened The Blackhawk restaurant in December 1920 at 139 N. Wabash and Randolph in the Chicago Loop. One of Chicago's most successful

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: The Blackhawk Restaurant Distributor: Arthur Schiller & Son, Chicago Date of plate: 1930 Notes: Otto A. Roth opened The Blackhawk restaurant in December 1920 at 139 N. Wabash and Randolph in the Chicago Loop. One of Chicago's most successful restaurants, spanning 64 years, the original restaurant

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Blackhawk Hotels Company Date of celery: 1950 Notes: Dick Lane bought out Miller Hotels in 1927 and started Blackhawk Hotels Company in 1929 with three hotels: Blackhawk and Davenport Hotels in Davenport, Iowa and St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. Later hotels included Hotel Jefferson,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Blackhawk Date of service plate: April 1915 Date of bowl: 1929 Pattern of bowl: Blackhawk, underglazed #82301 Notes: The Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport, Iowa opened in 1915 with 225 rooms at 200 East 3rd Street, Davenport, Iowa. By 1927, additional stories were added and the

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China Pattern name: Black Seville Date of plate and creamer: circa 1924-1942     Notes: This pattern with border of gryphons / griffins and stylized flowers was found in a 1930 Bailey-Walker price list. This particular plate was made for the Thornburg Hotel Company and has the addition

Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin China User: Black Saddle House of Beef Restaurant, Washington, D.C. Date of creamer: 1969    

Manufacturer: Jackson China User/Pattern name: Black Forest Restaurant Date of plate: 1974     Notes: The Black Forest Restaurant may have been owned by Larry Schwamb beforehand, but it was purchased by Helen Reinsissel in 1958, and she ran it until selling it in 1974. Her restaurant was located at