Manufacturer: Scammell China
Name of user: Lauderdale Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Date of plate: Circa 1936-1954

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Notes: When the Art Deco-style six-story Lauderdale Beach Hotel opened in 1936, it contained 150 rooms with private baths. It operated as a winter resort that offered guests a choice of American or European plans. By the early 1940s, a three-story addition known as the North Wing opened.

From 1943 until 1945, the hotel was leased by the U.S. Navy for use as a radar training school.

In the fall of 1945, it reopened as a year-round hotel. At some point, additional buildings were added around the pool area. By 1966, there were 200 rooms and 44 apartments in the hotel.

There were several dining venues located in the complex; the Marine Dining Room was in the original building, known as the South Wing.

The Caribbean Room and the Florida Room were in the North Wing. Tropicana Tavern, an informal coffee shop and lounge, overlooked the pool. There was alfresco dining available on the poolside patio, and room service dining was available in guest rooms.

In October 2001, the Fort Lauderdale planning and zoning board accepted a proposal to demolish the hotel. In 2007, all the buildings behind the original sections of the hotel were demolished, and Los Olas Club condo tower was built behind the remaining front section.

Scammell produced this Ivory body coupe-shape plate crested in the center of the well with a blue green/aqua transfer logo composed of a sailboat with stylized wave above a half circle containing stacked Art Deco-style "Lauderdale" "Beach" "Hotel" in drop-out letters showing the Ivory clay body. Sixteen stars surround this circular design, with two seagulls flying near the sailboat. Below the rim, three stacked Art Deco swag lines, in what appears to be tan, form the border. This pattern may have been produced for use in the Marine Dining Room in the original section.

Sources:
Los Olas Club website – present day photo.

Contributors:
Larry Paul:
Ebay seller mysterytree: plate photos