Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: American Hotel Association (AHA) Distributor: Arthur Schiller & Son, Chicago Date of ashtray: 1926 Notes: This promotional ashtray from Bauscher Brothers and Arthur Schiller & Son (the Chicago-based distributor) was intended for participants in the American Hotel Association's (AHA) 1926 European Tour. The AHA was a

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: American Hotel Annex Pattern: Adolphus Distributor: W.S. Ford & Co., St. Louis Date of plate: March 1912 Notes: Located on North 6th and Market streets in St. Louis, this 10-floor, 225-room hotel opened circa 1913-1914. It was not listed in the Hotel Red Book after 1935.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: American Hotel Date of plate: April 1915 Notes: This china was used at the American Hotel in Reading, Penn., which advertised a "Soda-Gill and Tea Room Attached" in the 1927 Hotel Red Book. This was identified by a matching logo on a 1922 envelope that was

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: American Export Lines Distributor: Maddock & Miller, Inc., New York City Date of bowl: 1957 Notes: American Export Lines operated transatlantic cargo passenger lines between New York and the Mediterranean. It merged with Isbrandtsen Lines in 1962. For related info: American Export Lines for the Kosher

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: American Export Lines Distributor: Maddock & Miller, Inc., New York City Date of plate: circa 1960s Notes: American Export Lines operated transatlantic cargo passenger lines between New York and the Mediterranean. It merged with Isbrandtsen Lines in 1962. Kosher service dinner plate features Hebrew letters indicating

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: American Banner Line Date of creamer: 1958 Notes: American Banner Line sailed between New York and Amsterdam, 1958 – 1959. Its sole ship was the Atlantic, which was bought by American Export Lines. The line's flag was a rectangle of deep blue over red, intersected by

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Amber Pie Date of cream pitchers: circa 1920 Notes: The Amber Pie tea shop was located on 118 East Superior Street in Chicago, IL. From "Dining in Chicago" by John Drury: "One of the first of the tea shops on the near north side. The little

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotels Ambassador, Chicago Date of plates: 1954 and 1972 Notes: Built in 1926 as the Ambassador East and Ambassador West, the Hotels Ambassador were the finest residential and apartment hotels in Chicago, with deluxe accommodations for transient guests. Located in Chicago's historic Gold Coast area, the

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Ambassador Hotel Date of compote: 1930s Notes: The Ambassador was built in 1919 and was the largest on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. The hotel was demolished by the Ramada Inns and later replaced with the Tropicana Casino Resort in 1981. It was a Kirkeby