Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Alaska Line / Alaska Steamship Co. Date of saucer: 1930s – 1948   Notes: The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894. Due to various government regulations, the company eventually enjoyed a near monopoly on service between Alaska and the lower 48 states. It ceased passenger

Manufacturer: TEPCO User: Al Williams' Papagayo Room Date of plate: 1931 – 1968   Notes: Papagayo is Spanish for parrot. Al Williams and his wife served Mexican Food and entertainment from 1941 to 1961 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. This famous room has since been redone (sans

Manufacturer: Warwick China Co. User: Al-an-net Coffee Shop Distributor: Steel Hardware Co. Date of creamer: 1927 – 1935   Notes: The only location found for the coffee shop was in Kinsley, Kan. According to the Kinsley Library, it was listed in the Kinsley Mercury and Graphic newspaper with slightly different

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Airplane (Airbrushed) Date of plate: 1954 Notes: Red and gray airbrushed design.

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: The Ahwahnee Date of plate: 1929 – early 1940s   Notes: Exclusive pattern for the 115-room Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, Calif., that opened on July 14, 1927. This pattern was also made by Sterling China and other manufacturers. Ivory body with black and rust Southwestern

Manufacturer: Yugokeramik (Jugokeramik), Yugoslavia User: JP Aerodrom Beograd – Belgrade Airport Date of cups: pre-2000   Notes: The Belgrade Airport history dates back to 1910, when the flying field of Banjica (a Belgrade suburb) was the first airport location. From 1910 to 1944, the Belgrade Airport changed locations four times

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Aero Club of Oregon Date of cup: 1951   Notes: From Vintage Portland, the Aero Club was first organized as a private club organized "exclusively for pilots and aeronautics buffs" who were financially able to join. The club's building was constructed in 1920 at SW Park

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Acacia Country Club Rim Pattern: Encanto Date of plate: 1926   Notes: This private country club was organized on 200 acres of farmland in Lyndhurst, Ohio, in 1920.  A temporary golf course opened in 1922 and the championship 18-hole course (designed by Donald Ross) opened three

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons Ltd. User: Abraham Lincoln Hotel Date of plate: 1929   Notes: Located at Fifth and Washington streets in Reading, Penn., the 16-story, 300-room hotel opened its doors in 1930. It was home to the Lincoln Room, the English Lounge, Coffee House and the Old English