Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Libby's Hotel & Baths – New York, New York Date of examples: 1926   Notes:  Max Bernstein, an immigrant from Russia, arrived in New York in 1900, when he was 11 years old. Max later owned a series of restaurants named Libby's in honor of his

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Lenox – Boston, Massachusetts Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Company Date of pin tray: circa 1915-1924   Notes: The 11-story Hotel Lenox opened on the corner of Boylston and Exeter Streets in 1900. Lucius Boomer built it at a cost of over $1 million. He named it for

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Black Knight User: Leverich Towers Hotel – Brooklyn, New York Date of examples: 1927   Notes: In 1925, 28-year-old A. Lyle Leverich, president of the Leverich Realty Corporation proposed construction of a 15-story hotel on Clark, Willow, and Pineapple Streets, in Brooklyn. The American Bond &

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Shenango China User: Leonori Hotel – New York City, New York Distributor for Shenango China – L. Barth & Son Date of examples: circa 1902-1930s   Notes: The 12-story Leonori Hotel opened during the summer of 1902 on the corner of Madison Avenue and 63rd Street.

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Lee Plaza Hotel – Detroit, Michigan Date of sugar bowl: circa 1940s   Notes: Real estate builder and operator Ralph T. Lee built more than thirty hotels and apartment buildings before 1935. On May 1, 1927, Lee broke ground on what would soon be a seventeen-story,

Manufactures: Scammell China and Bauscher China User: Lee Plaza Hotel – Detroit, Michigan Distributor for Scammell – Reichle Sons Company Distributor for Bauscher – Arthur Schiller Date of examples: circa 1927   Notes: Real estate builder and operator Ralph T. Lee built more than thirty hotels and apartment buildings before

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Lankershim Hotels – Los Angeles and San Francisco, California Date of examples: circa 1905-1924   Notes:  James Boon Lankershim (1850 – 1931) opened his first Lankershim Hotel in 1905. This nine-story, 320-room hotel was on the corner of Broadway and 7th street, in Los Angeles.

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Kirkwood Hotel – Camden, South Carolina Date of examples: circa 1902-1924   Notes: In 1902, Harry Kirkwood, and a group of northern investors, built an addition to an old mansion that had been owned by the Canty family. This three-story, 175-room, Colonial Revival-style building opened

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Buffalo China User: King Philip Tavern – Lakeville, Maine Distributor for Maddock: Mitchell Woodberry Company Date of examples: circa 1909-1919   Notes:  The King Philip Tavern was built in the early 1800s as a private home for the Washburn family.  A Native American tribe, led by