Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Boys' Clubs of America – Bethlehem Date of plate: 1942   Notes: This plate has the Boys' Clubs of America logo that was introduced in 1941, and it adds the word Bethlehem, for the Bethlehem, Penn., branch of the club that was organized in 1930. The

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Boothby's Seafood Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of plate: pre-1926     Notes: Boothby's Seafood restaurant was located in Philadelphia, seemingly growing from an oyster stall in the city into a full-scale restaurant at Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets. The backstamp would date to before

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: BHS – Class of 1932 Date of plate: 1932     Notes: Like many other manufacturers, Carr China provided topmarked ware to local churches, clubs, and schools, ostensibly at a very reasonable cost in support of their community. Like an unknown Parsons High School '51 pattern, the

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Ararat Shrine Temple Pattern name: Portland, Underglaze Print Pattern #6010 Date of plate: circa 1920s-1930s   Notes: This plate would have been a sample for the Ararat Shrine Temple – location unknown. 6010 (as shown on the backstamp) denoted the Portland pattern (Underglaze Print Pattern: 6010),

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Andrews Methodist Church – Grafton, West Virginia Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Anna M. Jarvis campaigned for the creation of an official Mother's Day in 1908 to honor her mother and as an ongoing hope for peace. She made her request of the superintendent of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr China Adverting Ashtray Date of ashtray: Unknown   Notes: This Glo-Tan ashtray was probably used as an advertising giveaway for salesmen. Contributor: Ashtray photo: Bill Montgomery

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: AES Date of plate: Unknown Notes: Nothing is known about this logo with the initials or monogram A E S / AES set within a wreath, all in red. Editor's note: This entry comes from the Carr China website whose content has been transferred to

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr China Advertising Plate Date of plate: Unknown (no backstamp)     Notes: This small Glo-Tan plate was probably used as an advertising giveaway for salesmen. Contributor: Photo: Don Crabtree

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr China Advertising Plate Date of plate: Unknown (no backstamp)   Notes: This small plate is just 4 1/4" – 4 3/8" in diameter and was probably used as an advertising giveaway for salesmen. Red border and text with green Maythorne pattern. Contributors: Content by: Susan