Manufacturer: Jackson China User: The Captain's Table Date of plate: June 1960   Notes: The Captain's Table Restaurant opened in October 1960, on Route 322 east of Clearfield, Pennsylvania.  It was designed and owned by Dennis Boal and his wife. An article in The Progress newspaper (page 1; page 14)

Manufacturers: Jackson China and Shenango China User: Youngstown Club Date of examples: Shenango plate: 1955 Jackson plate: circa 1973 – 1985   Notes: According to an article in the Rust Belt Magazine dated May 28, 2015, The Youngstown Club in Youngstown, Ohio, "was formed in the offices of the Youngstown

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Saltzmann's Plaza Restaurant, Brooklyn, N.Y. Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of example: 1916   Notes: Louis H. Saltzmann was the operator of the Plaza Restaurant at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, N.Y., which opened in 1916. Occupying three floors, in addition to the restaurant that

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers, Germany User: Niederhoefer's Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1902 – 1913   Notes: Somewhere around 1902 or 1903, John Niederhoefer opened a small, eponymous restaurant/saloon at 320 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore, Maryland, that was initially only 26 by 16 feet. He had been in the saloon/bar

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China User: Cafe McCormick, 18-20 5th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Distributor: Boutell Bros. Date of examples: 1911- 1917   Notes: Frank McCormick was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1871. When he was 16, he got a job as a bartender and then worked his way up to head bartender

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Brahos Coffee Shop Date of examples: circa 1928 – 1936   Notes: From a story in The Times of Hammond, Indiana, dated March 30, 1937, Peter and Agnes Brahos opened their newly relocated restaurant and coffee shop at 5239 Hohman Avenue. The article states: "The new

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Maxim's, Kenyon Hotel, Salt Lake City Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: 1911-15   Notes: The Kenyon Hotel in Salt Lake City opened in 1899. In 1911, $15,000 was spent creating the Cafe Maxim in the hotel's basement. It opened Sept. 4, 1911. In

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, and Grindley Hotel Ware, England User: Maxim's, New York City Distributor: O'Beirne Bros., New York; Higgins & Seiter, New York City Date of examples: 1908 – 1920   Notes: The May 23, 1908, New York Times contains an article about how Georges Everard, who once owned Maxim's

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Planters Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: 1911 – 1919   Notes: When the Planters Hotel opened in Chicago in 1911, it had a restaurant that was called "Planters Restaurant" – no apostrophe – that had a public entrance on the right