Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Danville Elks Lodge #227 Date of grill plate:   Notes: This grill plate was used by Danville, Virginia's #227 Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge, located at 560 Main Street. Contributors: Grill plate photos: Edward Babcock Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Eighth Street Baptist Church Date of plate: circa 1920s – circa 1930s   Notes: There are a number of Eighth Street Baptist Churches across the United States, but the most likely in terms of location and prominence would be the Eighth Street Baptist Church of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Hotel Edison and Grill – Sunbury, Pennsylvania Date of plate: circa early 1950s   Notes: Originally built in 1871 by E.T. Drumheller as the City Hotel in Sunbury, Penn., it became the first building in the world to be lighted by Thomas Edison's three-wire electric system

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Edgecomb Steel Date of creamer: 1946   Notes: Edgcomb Steel, which processed and distributed metal products, seems to have been founded in 1925 (based purely on the title of a booklet produced by the company called "Edgcomb, 30 Years," that came out in 1955). It was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: De Lemmo Restaurant – Harrisburg, Penn. Date of cup: 1950   Notes: This photo was contributed by Terri Hoffman, who found it in Harrisburg, Penn. There was a De Lemmo Restaurant in Harrisburg's Fourth Ward, near the state capitol grounds, making that the likely source for

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Dayton House – Flint, Michigan  Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: This awkwardly topmarked platter was an early piece for Carr, based on the unattractive Dayton House decal and the unusual backstamp that includes Restaurant China Company, a Chicago distributor. Best guess for location is

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: International Association of Rebekah Assemblies (or Rebekahs or Rebekah Lodges or Daughters of Rebekah) Date of cup: 1949   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Rebekah Lodges were founded in the early 1850s, largely due to the efforts of an Odd Fellow named Schuyler Colfax. Initially, the

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: City Restaurant Distributor: A.C. Hopkins, Morgantown, W.V. Date of platter: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Nothing is known about this Glo-Tan platter topmarked City Restaurant. The only possibility we've found is the City Restaurant that was once located in Elkins (see matchbook above) and

Manufacturers: Carr China Company, as well as Maddock, Mayer, Shenango, Warwick User: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Pattern name: Puget Distributor: Stearnes Co. – Chicago Date of platter: Circa 1916   Notes: As a subsidiary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound