Manufacturer: Wellsville China User: Quaker Oats Company Date of plate: circa 1940s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "In 1901, the Quaker Oats Company was founded in New Jersey with headquarters in Chicago, by the merger of four oat mills: the Quaker Mill Company in Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Prael Hegele & Co. User: Moore's Restaurant, Portland, Oregon Date: 1907 – 1920   Notes: Around 1905, Ben H. Moore arrived in Portland, Oregon. On July 1, 1907, he opened Moore's Restaurant at 148 Fifth Street, opposite Meir & Frank department store. The restaurant was located in the 50-foot

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Mayo Distributor: Regnier & Shoup Co. Date of examples: circa 1926   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Mayo Date of plate: circa 1961   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In 1908, they

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Mayo Date of cup: circa 1926   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In 1908, they

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Mayo Date of platter: circa 1926 – 1928   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Monte Carlo, 49 E. 54th and Madison, New York City Date of examples: 1943   Notes: When the Monte Carlo night club opened in early 1939 in New York City, it was owned by Fefe Ferry. The interior was designed by Dorothy Draper. Monte Carlo was the place to

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Castle Hotel Date of plate: 1957   Notes: Originally called Hartlands, the Castle Hotel was built sometime between 1903 and 1908 by George and Elizabeth Beach on Cornfield Point, Connecticut, overlooking Long Island Sound. It was reported to have cost $350,000 "with aspirations to be the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Press Club of San Francisco Date of plate: 1965   Notes: The Press Club of San Francisco was founded on July 25, 1888, by a group of around 80 journalists. Prior to its founding, these men had met informally in various taverns like The Ivey Green