Archive 1
Portland Hotel 3
Manufacturer: GDA Limoges – France User: Portland Hotel – Portland, Oregon Distributor: Burley Company – Chicago Date of examples: circa 1890 -1920   Notes: In 1882, Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, commissioned New York architects McKim, Mead & White to design an upscale hotel for travelers arriving
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Portland Hotel 2
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Portland Hotel – Portland, Oregon Date of examples: circa 1890 -1930s   Notes: In 1882, Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, commissioned New York architects McKim, Mead & White to design an upscale hotel for travelers arriving in Portland on Northern
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Portland Hotel
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, John Maddock & Sons, and GDA Limoges User: Portland Hotel – Portland, Oregon Distributor for GDA: Burley & Company, Chicago Distributor for John Maddock & Sons: Prael Hegele & Company, Portland Date of examples: circa 1890 -1920s   Notes: In 1882, Henry Villard, president of the Northern
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Pocono Manor Inn 2
Manufacturers: Scammell China and Sterling China User: Pocono Manor Inn – Pocono, Pennsylvania Date of examples: circa 1953 – 1960s   Notes: In 1901, a group of Philadelphia Quakers, more formally known as the Society of Friends, purchased land on Little Pocono Mountain for a summer retreat site. Construction began
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Pocono Manor Inn
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pocono Manor Inn – Pocono, Pennsylvania Date of examples: circa 1929 – 1950s   Notes: In 1901, a group of Philadelphia Quakers, more formally known as the Society of Friends, purchased land on Little Pocono Mountain for a summer retreat site. Construction began on April 15,
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Plaza Hotel 3 – San Antionio
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Plaza Hotel – San Antonio, Texas Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1954   Notes: The twelve-story Plaza Hotel, at 309 S St. Mary's Street in San Antonio,Texas, opened with a three-day celebration on January 26, 1927. In addition to the 250 original guest rooms there
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Plaza Hotel 2 – San Antonio
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Plaza Hotel – San Antonio, Texas Date of service plate: circa 1927-1954   Notes: The twelve-story Plaza Hotel, at 309 S St. Mary's Street in San Antonio, Texas, opened with a three-day celebration on January 26, 1927. In addition to the 250 original guest rooms there
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Plaza Hotel – Detroit
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Syracuse China User: Hotel Plaza – Detroit, Michigan Date of examples: circa 1912 – 1924   Notes: The nine-story Hotel Plaza, on the corner of John R Street and Madison Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, opened around 1912. It is listed in the 1923 Hotel Red Book as
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Pierre Hotel 3
Manufacturers: Scammell China and Syracuse China User: Hotel Pierre – New York, New York Date of examples: circa 1940s – 1960s   Notes: The 45-story, 714-room Hotel Pierre, on the corner of 5th Avenue and East 61st Street in New York City, opened October 1, 1930.  It was built by
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