Archive 1
Monticello Hotel – Longview, Washington
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Hotel Monticello – Longview, Washington Date of examples: circa 1923-1954   Notes: The six-story, 160-room Hotel Monticello, on the corner of Larch Street and 17th Avenue in Longview, Washington, was built for R. A. Long president of the Long-Bell Lumber Company. When it opened
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Montgomery Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Montgomery Hotel – Mount Sterling, Kentucky Distributor: St. Louis Glass & Queensware Company Date of celery dish: circa 1924-1954   Notes: The four-story, 50-room Montgomery Hotel was located on the corner of Maysville and High Streets in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. It opened around 1922. It is
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Mirasol Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Mirasol Hotel – Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida Distributor: Mass Brothers Date of platter: 1925   Notes: In 1924, David Paul Davis (1885 -1926), a real estate developer, dredged up sand from Biscayne Bay to shape the three islands that would become known as Davis Islands. October
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Mayflower Inn
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Mayflower Inn – Plymouth, Massachusetts Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Company Date of creamer: 1917   Notes: The Keith Hotel company opened the three-story Mayflower Inn, in Plymouth, Massachusetts on June 30, 1917. It operated as a summer resort on the American and European plans. When it
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Mayfair House – Philadelphia
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Mayfair House – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of service plate: 1926   Notes: The 14-story, L-shaped Mayfair House on the corner of Lincoln Drive and West Johnson Street in Philadelphia, opened in 1926. It contained two, three, four, and six-room apartments. The 1928 Hotel
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Mayfair House – New York City
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Mayfair House – New York, New York Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of sauce boat: 1925   Notes: The 15-story Mayfair House, on the corner of Park Avenue and East 65th Street in New York City, opened November 9, 1925, as an apartment hotel. It offered one
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Master Apartment Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Master – New York, New York Date of examples: 1929   Notes: The Master was developed by financier and statesman Louis Horch, who admired the art and work of Russan-born Nicholas Roerich. When The 27-story Master Building, on Riverside Drive at 103rd Street in New
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Mason Hotel 2
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Hotel Mason – St. Petersburg, Florida Date of examples: circa 1924-1925   Notes: Former New York State steel magnate turned real estate builder, Franklin J. Mason  chartered the Mason Hotel Company on March 29, 1923. On May 24, 1923, a $750,000 building permit
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Mason Hotel
Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Hotel Mason – St. Petersburg, Florida Date of examples: circa 1924-1925   Notes: Former New York State steel magnate turned real estate builder; Franklin J. Mason chartered the Mason Hotel Company on March 29, 1923. On May 24, 1923, a $750,000 building permit
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