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

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Amackassin Camp and School Distributor: Nathan Straus & Sons Date: 1928-36 Notes: This china was originally produced for Amackassin Camp, located on top of a mountain near Blairstown, N.J. No information has been found about this camp. However, Earl A. and Jonnie Taylor purchased the camp

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Altamont Hotel Pattern: #5000 Shoreham Border Date of shard: Circa 1905 Notes: Located on what is now Crown Avenue at Ross Point in Fort Thomas, Kentucky (near Cincinnati in the Kentucky Highlands), the 3 1/2-story, brick, H-shaped, gambrel roofed, Altamont Hotel was built by Samuel Bigstaff

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Altamont Hotel Date of platter: 1923 Notes: Located at Broad and Church streets in Hazleton, Penn., this 175-room, 10-story hotel was completed in 1924. The hotel closed in 1965 and later was renovated to become The Lutheran Home at Hazleton in 1966. Lamberton China white body

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Altamont Hotel Dat of plate: 1890s – circa 1911 Notes: Located at Broad and Church streets in Hazleton, Penn., this 175-room, 10-story hotel was completed in 1924. The hotel closed in 1965 and later was renovated to become The Lutheran Home at Hazleton in 1966.

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Alsonett Hotels Date of plate: 1958 Notes: Alsonett operated hotels in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. Among them were: (in Florida) the Coral Sands Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Poinsettia Beach in Ft.

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Alpine Village Inn Date of plate: 1959 Notes: From 1950 to 1997, Alpine Village Inn in Las Vegas, Nev., was one of the city’s most popular tourist restaurants. Initially located on Bond, it moved to 3003 Paradise Rd. (across from the former Las Vegas Hilton and

Manufacturer: McNicol China Pattern: Allusion Date of plate: circa 1931 – circa 1960s Notes: Stock airbrushed pattern. The "X" on the backstamp possibly indicates a sample piece. ID and photos contributed by dmcgrann