Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Athletic Club of Columbus Date: 1931 – 1960 Notes: According to the club's website, the Athletic Club of Columbus was founded in 1912. Located at 136 E. Broad St., in Columbus, Ohio, the current six-story clubhouse (as of 2015) was dedicated in 1915. It held its

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Astroworld Children's World Date of plate: 1968 Notes: Astroworld was an amusement park located in Houston, Texas, with eight themed areas, each with its own architecture, lighting, music and sound, cast wardrobe, unique shops and cuisine. Children's World, just one of the many venues within Astroworld,

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Astroworld Date of cup: circa 1969 Date of saucer: circa 1972 Notes: Astroworld was an amusement park located in Houston, Texas, with eight themed areas, each with its own architecture, lighting, music and sound, cast wardrobe, unique shops and cuisine. In 1975, the Hofheinz family sold

Manufacturer: Unknown (almost certainly Bauscher Bros.) User: Astor House Date of toothpick holder: Late 1800s-early 1900s Notes: According to the Wikipedia, the Astor House was the first luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan, it opened in 1836 and

Manufacturer: Theodore Haviland, France User: Hotel Astor Distributor: L. Straus & Sons Date of plate: After 1937 (per Larry Paul database) Notes: The Astor Hotel was located at 1515 Broadway (44th to 45th Streets) in New York City. Built by William Waldorf Astor at a cost of $7 million, the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Astor Date of plate: 1939 – 1950s Notes: The Hotel Astor, located on New York City Times Square, was built by William Waldorf Astor in 1904. It was demolished in 1967. Advertised as "At the Crossroads of the World," it was famous, in part, for

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Ashtabula Distributor: George H. Bowman Co., Cleveland, OH. Date of cup and saucer: 1920-1965 Notes: The six-story, 109-room Hotel Ashtabula opened in 1920 at 4726 Main Avenue in Ashtabula, Ohio. It contained a restaurant, cocktail lounge, and ballroom. The Kiwanis Club met there for lunch

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Art Moderne series, Kimberly pattern Date of soup bowl and platter: 1928   Notes: This design is shown in a binder of Syracuse underglazed patterns as #47000 Kimberly, and in a binder of overglazed patterns as #P-36 Kimberly (both shown above). Based on this, we believe

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Art Moderne series, Kimberly pattern Date of soup bowl and platter: 1928   Notes: This design is shown in a binder of Syracuse underglazed patterns as #47000 Kimberly, and in a binder of overglazed patterns as #P-36 Kimberly (both shown above). Based on this, we believe