Archive 1
CDH
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: CDH – City of Chicago Date of pitcher: 1934   Notes: This handsome pitcher with the three-branched, Y-shaped, three-rivers logo of the City of Chicago that can be found on many structures throughout the city. There are two possibilities for where this CDH one was used.
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Carvel Hall Hotel
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carvel Hall Hotel – Annapolis, Maryland Date of celery dish: 1948   Notes: From Historic Annapolis, Carvel Hall was part of the site of the William Paca House and Garden in Annapolis during much of the 20th century and "was the largest and most popular
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Carpathia Club
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carpathia Club Distributor: A.J. Marshall Co. Hotel Equipment – Detroit Date of soup plate: Unknown   Notes: The Carpathia Club was founded in the early 20th century in Detroit as the Carpathia Singing Society and in celebration of the members' Germanic heritage. It continues as a
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Delray
Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Delray – Underglaze Print Pattern #6052  Date of examples: circa 1920 – 1952   Notes: Delray was Carr China's Underglaze Print Pattern #6052 Delray pattern is shown in black on a platter and in blue, above, on a grill plate with the Dayton pattern
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Caldwell's
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Caldwell's Pattern: Delray Date of bowl: Unknown   Notes: Nothing is known about this small oval bowl in the Delray pattern with the topmark for Caldwell's. For additional info: Delray pattern, by Carr China Editor's note: This entry comes from the Carr China website whose
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Carr Print Pattern: 6031
Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern #6031 Date of examples: Circa 1930s   Notes: This pattern's number was found in a Carr catalog, but its name was not known. It is shown in brown on the Bowles Lunch mug and in green on West Point's Cadet Mess butter
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Shore Inn
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Shore Inn – Vermillion, Ohio Distributor: Geo. H. Bowman Company – Cleveland Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: According to a May 1920 article in the Sandusky Register: "Shore Inn is three miles west of Vermillion with the Cleveland and Sandusky Boulevard on
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Homespun
Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern name: Homespun Date of samples: 1963 – circa 1973   Notes: Homespun is identified by its sample labels, still affixed to the china, and as noted on Jackson's Elmira style shape (cup) and Vernon shape (saucer). The bold border design in deep cobalt or navy blue
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Raven Cafe
Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Cafe Raven – Huntsville, Texas Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1940s   These pieces of tan-bodied ware from the Cafe Raven in Huntsville, Tex., were distributed by Southern Hotel Supply Co., in Houston, Tex., and were made circa 1930s-40s. The restaurant was open from
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