Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Saturn Club Date of soup plate: 1922   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to that first organizational meeting, but

Manufacturers: Fraureuth (Germany), Scammell, Fraunfelter User: Oetjen's Restaurant, Brooklyn, New York Date of examples: Fraureuth bowl, circa 1899-1926; Scammell demi cup, circa 1925 to 1940; Fraunfelter platter, circa 1924-1939   Notes: In 1904, brothers William and Harry Oetjen opened their restaurant at Church and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, which seated 35 guests. They

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: New York Zoological Society – Rocking Stone Restaurant and Boat House Restaurant Date of pedestal bowl: Early 1900s   Notes: Founded in 1895, the New York Zoological Society opened the Bronx Zoological Park and Gardens on Nov. 8, 1899. There were two restaurants within the park, the Rocking

Manufacturer: Bauscher China Company User: Wayand's Brewing Company and Restaurant Date of tip tray: 1912   Notes: Christian Weyand (1826-1898), a native of the Lorraine region in eastern France, emigrated to the United States when he was 21, settling in the Buffalo area of New York. He was originally a

Manufacturer: Shenango China Company User: Wayand's Brewing Company and Restaurant Date of plates: circa 1905 – 1920   Notes: Christian Weyand (1826-1898), a native of the Lorraine region in eastern France, emigrated to the United States when he was 21, settling in the Buffalo area of New York. He was

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Lujan's Burger Boy Date of plate: September 1966 Date of saucer: September 1961   Notes: Rolin (Ron) D. Lujan opened his first Lujan's Burger Boy drive-in restaurant in 1956, on Tallmadge Circle in Akron, Ohio. He hired waitresses, whom he called "curbettes," to take orders from

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Gilman Hot Springs Distributor: Long Beach Store Fixture Co., Long Beach, Calif. Date of plate: circa 1939 – 1948   Notes: From an extensive Wikipedia article: "Gilman Hot Springs, also known as San Jacinto Hot Springs or the Relief Springs, is a hot spring system in the

Manufacturer: Wellsville China User: Quaker Oats Company Date of plate: circa 1940s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "In 1901, the Quaker Oats Company was founded in New Jersey with headquarters in Chicago, by the merger of four oat mills: the Quaker Mill Company in Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Prael Hegele & Co. User: Moore's Restaurant, Portland, Oregon Date: 1907 – 1920   Notes: Around 1905, Ben H. Moore arrived in Portland, Oregon. On July 1, 1907, he opened Moore's Restaurant at 148 Fifth Street, opposite Meir & Frank department store. The restaurant was located in the 50-foot

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Mayo Distributor: Regnier & Shoup Co. Date of examples: circa 1926   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Mayo Date of plate: circa 1961   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In 1908, they

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Mayo Date of cup: circa 1926   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In 1908, they

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Mayo Date of platter: circa 1926 – 1928   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905 and the local economy boomed. In

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Monte Carlo, 49 E. 54th and Madison, New York City Date of examples: 1943   Notes: When the Monte Carlo night club opened in early 1939 in New York City, it was owned by Fefe Ferry. The interior was designed by Dorothy Draper. Monte Carlo was the place to

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Castle Hotel Date of plate: 1957   Notes: Originally called Hartlands, the Castle Hotel was built sometime between 1903 and 1908 by George and Elizabeth Beach on Cornfield Point, Connecticut, overlooking Long Island Sound. It was reported to have cost $350,000 "with aspirations to be the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Press Club of San Francisco Date of plate: 1965   Notes: The Press Club of San Francisco was founded on July 25, 1888, by a group of around 80 journalists. Prior to its founding, these men had met informally in various taverns like The Ivey Green

Manufacturer: Scammell China Distributor: Taunton Supply Corp., N.Y. User: Michael's Pub, 3 E. 48th Street, New York City Date of examples: 1954   Notes: Around April 1954, Michael Pearman opened Michael's Pub at 3 E 48th Street, in New York City. Pearman, who was born in Warwickshire, England, on May 25, 1911, came

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Association of College Unions International – ACUI Date of mug: 1967   From the organization's website: "As one of the oldest higher education associations, ACUI dates back to 1914 when it was founded in the Midwestern United States by six students and one faculty advisor who

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Lena-Lou Restaurant Date of plate: circa: 1934 – 1952   Notes: The Lena Lou restaurant near Ada, Michigan, was located on the M21 highway – at the corner of Pettis and Honey Creek Avenue and opened as a gas station around 1929. The owners, who

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Mayer China User: Cafe Mellone, 35 Center St., New Haven, Conn. Pattern names: Maddock: Lorraine; Mayer: Carlisle Date of examples: Maddock: 1910 to 1920s; Mayer: unknown   Notes: In 1904, Anthony M. Mellone, Louis Metzger, and John Weisbecker incorporated the Louis Metzger Catering Company, of New Haven, Conn. Mellone was

Manufacturer: Unknown User: Pup Rotisserie and Hotel Date of demi-cup: circa 1901   Notes: The Pup Rotisserie, a French restaurant and hotel, was located at 12 to 16 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California.  The first mention found about the "Pup" was in the 1886 San Francisco Directory: "The Pup Rotisserie

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Silver Castle Lunch System Pattern name: Erwin Date: Circa 1936-52   Notes: From the book "Lost Restaurants of Tulsa," by Rhys A. Martin: "Silver Castle, or the Silver Castle Lunch System, was founded by Ike [Parkey] and Partner James W. McCollum. The name Silver Castle came

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Union Porcelain, Bauscher User: McTague's Shell Fish House and Grill Room, St. Louis, Missouri Distributor (Union Porcelain): Burley & Co. Date of Union Porcelain drainer bowl, tankard: 1896 to 1918 Date of Maddock plate: pre-1910 Date of Bauscher match stand: early 1920s   Notes: McTague's Shell Fish House and

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: circa 1940s – early 1950s   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated Aril 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in New York City.

Manufacturers: Mayer China, Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: Mayer: circa early 1940s, Sterling: 1959   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated April 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: The Captain's Table Date of plate: June 1960   Notes: The Captain's Table Restaurant opened in October 1960, on Route 322 east of Clearfield, Pennsylvania.  It was designed and owned by Dennis Boal and his wife. An article in The Progress newspaper (page 1; page 14)

Manufacturers: Jackson China and Shenango China User: Youngstown Club Date of examples: Shenango plate: 1955 Jackson plate: circa 1973 – 1985   Notes: According to an article in the Rust Belt Magazine dated May 28, 2015, The Youngstown Club in Youngstown, Ohio, "was formed in the offices of the Youngstown

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Saltzmann's Plaza Restaurant, Brooklyn, N.Y. Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of example: 1916   Notes: Louis H. Saltzmann was the operator of the Plaza Restaurant at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, N.Y., which opened in 1916. Occupying three floors, in addition to the restaurant that

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers, Germany User: Niederhoefer's Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1902 – 1913   Notes: Somewhere around 1902 or 1903, John Niederhoefer opened a small, eponymous restaurant/saloon at 320 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore, Maryland, that was initially only 26 by 16 feet. He had been in the saloon/bar

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China User: Cafe McCormick, 18-20 5th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Distributor: Boutell Bros. Date of examples: 1911- 1917   Notes: Frank McCormick was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1871. When he was 16, he got a job as a bartender and then worked his way up to head bartender