Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Beach Club – Santa Monica, California Date of plate and bouillon cup: circa 1947   Notes: The Beach Club was founded in 1923 on the Santa Monica beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier, directly off the Pacific Coast Highway. The club was formed

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Freez-Ette Restaurant Date of platter: 1959   Notes: Freez-Ette Corporation was founded in August 1952, by James Jerles in Saint Petersburg, Florida. According to an advertising napkin (shown above), "Freez-Ette is one of the world's finest frozen dairy products … Builds strong bodies and muscles. Helps

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Western Golf and Country Club – Redford, Michigan Date of soup plate: 1954   Notes: On June 9, 1927, B.E. Taylor, a realtor and community builder in Redford, Michigan, opened the Western Golf and Country Club. "That same afternoon," according to the club's website, "the ladies

Manufacturer: Tepco China User: Danny's Coffee Shop Date of plate: circa 1956-1958   Notes: In 1953, Harold Butler and Richard Jazak opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California. In 1956, a year after Jezak's departure from the then six-store chain, Butler changed the concept, shifting it from a donut shop to

Manufacturer: Grindley Hotelware Company – England User: Panama Cafe – Victoria, British Colombia Distributor: Cassidy's Ltd. Date of cup: 1940   Notes: From the University of Victoria's Chinatown Collection: "Chan Dun came to Victoria in 1893 from Toysan, when he was sixteen. A decade later, he got into business by investing

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Waldorf System Date of mug: circa 1914 – 1925   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Waldorf System, Incorporated was the first lunchroom chain in New England, founded by Henry S. Kelsey in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1903. It was named after the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Its

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Granada – San Francisco Distributor for Shenango – Charles Brown & Sons Date of creamer (no manufacturer's backstamp): Unknown Date of celery: 1920s-1930s   Notes: The Hotel Granada at 1000 Sutter Street in San Francisco was built in 1908. It was a 10-story hotel bordering

Manufacturer: Tepco User: Laurel Grove Hospital, Castro Valley, Calif. Date of plates (with two different backstamps): 1960s   Notes: The following history comes from the Feb. 8, 1970, issue of Hayward, California's The Daily Review, shown above: Located at "19933 Lake Chabot Road, Castro Valley, was opened as a proprietary

Manufacturer: Wellsville China User: Phillips Restaurants – West Virginia Date of plate: circa 1959 – 1969   Notes:  Phillips Restaurants, of Phillips Enterprises in West Virginia, had several eating establishments in the vicinity of Charleston during the late 1950s and 1960s. When they opened and closed is not known. However,