Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Yum Burger Shoppe Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Yum Burger Shoppe was located at 3300 W. Manchester in Inglewood, CA. On the back of a 1951 menu, owner Arlow W. Nalder, who died September 26, 1969, welcomed patrons to the new home of Yum Burger so

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Young's Hotel Date of platter: 1911 – 1924   Notes: Seven-story hotel located in Boston, MA was built in the 1890s on Court Street and Court Square. Known for its dining room and private dining rooms. Not found in a Hotel Red Book after 1925. The

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Youngblood's Fried Chicken Pattern: Laurel Date of  plate: 1967   Notes: Popular Texas fried chicken restaurant in the 1950s-1960s with locations in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Waco, to name a few. White body with red Laurel leaf pattern. Logo includes a chef holding a frying pan

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Yosemite Club Date of plate: 1942   Notes: The Yosemite Club was located in Stockton, Calif. On April 17, 1889, 59 Stockton residents met in the Superior Court Room to sign the articles of The Yo Semite Club, the first incorporated club in California. By 1900, it

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China Pattern Name: Yorktown Date of plates: pre-1942 and 1953   Notes: Luxor Ivory plate with reddish maroon flowers and leaves around the rim. ID and maroon/ivory plate contributed by dbstoneware Teal/white version contributed by teabear

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern: York Date of plate: 1915 – 1940s   Notes: White body plate with the stock York ornamental border pattern in hues of blue and gold; topmarked with the 32nd degree Freemason symbol, featuring a double-headed eagle. Click here for more information about the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of

Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin China User: Yonkers Raceway (Airbrushed) Yonkers, NY Date of plate: 1976   Notes: Airbrushed blue gray border and stylized monogram –  YR – that almost resembles a Western branding iron symbol. Keyword: rwcnYR rwcnRY

  Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Yoengs Chinese-American Restaurant Plate border pattern: Brown Willow Plate distributor: Albert Pick-Barth Company, Inc. Date of plate and matchstand: 1912 – 1920s   Notes: Located at 1609 Broadway (49th Street) in New York City, Yoeng's (aka Yoengs) Chinese-American Restaurant was also a big band orchestra dance

Manufactuer: Taylor Smith & Taylor (TS&T) User: Hotel Yellowstone Date of pitcher: circa 1905   Notes: The Hotel Yellowstone was a 4-story, 85-room hotel located close to the Oregon Short Line depot at 230 W. Bonneville Street in Pocatello, Idaho. White body with two, blue thin pinstripe lines. Topmarked with the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Norfolk & Western Railway Pattern: Yellow Bird Date range of examples: 1951 – 1952   Notes: This pattern was used by Norfolk & Western Railway on the Pocohontas and Powhatan Arrow trains. The railroad sold off their complete supply of china and other items in 1971 in Roanoke,

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Norfolk & Western Railway Pattern: Yellow Bird Date range of examples: 1951 – 1952   Notes: This pattern was used by Norfolk & Western Railway on the Pocohontas and Powhatan Arrow trains. The railroad sold off their complete supply of china and other items in 1971 in Roanoke,

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley, England User: Yearley's Lunch Date of plate: early 1900s – circa 1925   Notes: In 1903, Wesley Moore Yearley opened his first lunch room in Washington, D.C., which closed one year later. He then opened four other lunch rooms in succession: two in Philadelphia, another in Washington, D.C.,

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Ye Olde Mill Date of plate: 1940s – 1950s (based on backstamp)   Notes: Another version of this plate is in green with a double line border, instead of the floral border shown on this piece.

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant Date of ice cream shell: 1928   Notes: Yaw's Top Notch operated in the Hollywood District of northeast Portland, Ore., from 1926 to 1982. Yaw's offered counter and drive-in service and was well known for its burgers, French fries with gravy and Green

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Yankee Division 26th US Infantry Date of platter: 1938   Notes: The 26th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was originally activated as the 5th Division in early 1917, but this became the 26th

Manufacturer: Steelite User: Yale-New Haven Hospital Date of plate: 1983-present   Notes: Website: http://www.ynhh.org. According to the hospital’s website, the Yale-New Haven Hospital first opened in 1826. It was the first hospital in Connecticut and the fourth voluntary hospital in the nation. Since the hospital first opened, it has been affiliated

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Yadkin Hotel Date of plate: 1917   Notes: The 100-room Yadkin Hotel was built in 1912 at a cost of $100,000 at the corner of Depot and Council streets, in Salisbury, N.C. It was the town's luxury hotel in its day and had a ballroom, restaurant and

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Hotel Xenia Samos Distributor: John Vorres & Co., Athens, Greece Date of toothpick holder: 1960   Notes: Designed by minimalist Greek architect Aris Konstantinides, the Hotel Xenia Samos was built in the early 1960s. The modern 56-room hotel, located at 23 Themistokli, Samos, Greece, had scenic views

User: Zuider Zee Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin Date of platter: circa 1967   Notes: The first Zuider Zee restaurant opened in Fort Worth, TX in 1957, followed by restaurant openings in Arlington, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Lubbock, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Colorado Springs, Denver and Albuquerque. The company changed hands and was

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Zimmer's Food Shops Date of egg cup: 1939   Notes: By use of the photos of the matchbook shown below, Zimmer's Food Shops were located in South Bend, Ind., with stores at 138 N. Main St., 726 S. Eddy St., and 605 Lincoln Way, West, offering "good

Manufacturer: Bailey Walker China User: Zeppelin Lunch Distributor: The Slocum China Co, Akron, Ohio Date of plate and mustard pot: circa 1923 – 1942 (based on backstamp)   Notes: Where was this Zeppelin Lunch plate used? Could it be from the Zep Diner in Los Angeles (click here to view a matchbook cover for this

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Zion C.M.I. Tea Room User: Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) Tea Room Date of platter: 1971   Notes: This pattern with its yellow, pink, rose and blue flowers is more often associated with the well-known Prairie Mountain Wildflowers pattern (PMWF), also made by Syracuse, that was used

Manufactiurer: Sterling China User: Zaberer's Date of platter: 1965 Notes: Charlie Zaberer, a former Disney illustrator, operated a huge restaurant and entertainment complex in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey from the 1940s until his death in 1971, at which time his restaurant, Zaberer's, seated 1,200 patrons and employed 160 waitresses and

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern name/user: Jackson Logo Sample Plate Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: The white manufacturer's sample plate contains 14 underglaze decals for restaurants with associated hand-lettered numbers. Among them are: Baltimore Dairy Lunch – J.A. Whitcomb (center) Mint Grill (443-15) Fuller's Cafe – Beaumont and Pt. Arthur (431-18)

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson China Blen-Tone Color Sample Date of color sample plates: April 1962

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Advertising Plate Date of plate: 1917-1930s Notes: Jackson China advertising butter pats were made in a variety of colors and frequently advertised events – such as a world's fair – or distributors. The butter pat shown above advertises Jackson's line of commercial ware. White body and

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Advertising Plate Distributor: Edward Don & Co. Date of plate: 1917-1930s   Notes: Jackson China advertising butter pats were made in a variety of colors and frequently advertised events – such as a world's fair – or distributors. The butter pat shown above advertises Jackson's line

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: J. M. Hitchings Co. Date of platter: February 1911   Notes: The James M. Hitchings Company operated several hotels in the Pacific Northwest. In 1907, James M. Hitchings was listed as a hotelkeeper in Mount Vernon, Washington. As early as 1909, he was the Lessee/Manager of the

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: J & J System Eat Shop Date of plate: 1939   Notes: The J & J System Eat Shop was located in Bristow, Okla. on Route 66. The cafe, sometimes referred to as the J & J Cafe or J & J Eat Shop, was owned and

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern Name/Number: Ivy Glen / 2225-362 Date of plate: 1959   Notes: White body with green pin line border and large stems of ivy with green and gray-blue leaves. ID contributed by dbstoneware Plate photos contributed by jerseygirl Creamer photo contributed by Patrick Carie