Manufacturers: Wood & Sons, Cauldon Ware, Maddock Pottery, Unknown manufacturer (made for Albert Pick & Co.), and Shenango User: States Restaurant – Chicago Distributor: Albert Pick & Company – Chicago Date of examples: circa 1907 – 1920s   Notes: States Restaurant in Chicago was located in the Republic Building, which

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Southern Arizona School for Boys – Tucson, Arizona Date of bowl: 1944   Notes: From an article by William C. Barrow in the December 1986, issue of the Saguaro: The Southern Arizona School for Boys "was the creation of Captain Russell B. Fairgrieve and George A.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Beach Club – Santa Monica, California Date of plate and bouillon cup: circa 1947   Notes: The Beach Club was founded in 1923 on the Santa Monica beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier, directly off the Pacific Coast Highway. The club was formed

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Freez-Ette Restaurant Date of platter: 1959   Notes: Freez-Ette Corporation was founded in August 1952, by James Jerles in Saint Petersburg, Florida. According to an advertising napkin (shown above), "Freez-Ette is one of the world's finest frozen dairy products … Builds strong bodies and muscles. Helps

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Western Golf and Country Club – Redford, Michigan Date of soup plate: 1954   Notes: On June 9, 1927, B.E. Taylor, a realtor and community builder in Redford, Michigan, opened the Western Golf and Country Club. "That same afternoon," according to the club's website, "the ladies

Manufacturer: Tepco China User: Danny's Coffee Shop Date of plate: circa 1956-1958   Notes: In 1953, Harold Butler and Richard Jazak opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California. In 1956, a year after Jezak's departure from the then six-store chain, Butler changed the concept, shifting it from a donut shop to

Manufacturer: Grindley Hotelware Company – England User: Panama Cafe – Victoria, British Colombia Distributor: Cassidy's Ltd. Date of cup: 1940   Notes: From the University of Victoria's Chinatown Collection: "Chan Dun came to Victoria in 1893 from Toysan, when he was sixteen. A decade later, he got into business by investing

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Waldorf System Date of mug: circa 1914 – 1925   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Waldorf System, Incorporated was the first lunchroom chain in New England, founded by Henry S. Kelsey in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1903. It was named after the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Its

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hotel Granada – San Francisco Distributor for Shenango – Charles Brown & Sons Date of creamer (no manufacturer's backstamp): Unknown Date of celery: 1920s-1930s   Notes: The Hotel Granada at 1000 Sutter Street in San Francisco was built in 1908. It was a 10-story hotel bordering

Manufacturer: Tepco User: Laurel Grove Hospital, Castro Valley, Calif. Date of plates (with two different backstamps): 1960s   Notes: The following history comes from the Feb. 8, 1970, issue of Hayward, California's The Daily Review, shown above: Located at "19933 Lake Chabot Road, Castro Valley, was opened as a proprietary

Manufacturer: Wellsville China User: Phillips Restaurants – West Virginia Date of plate: circa 1959 – 1969   Notes:  Phillips Restaurants, of Phillips Enterprises in West Virginia, had several eating establishments in the vicinity of Charleston during the late 1950s and 1960s. When they opened and closed is not known. However,

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall – Laughlin, Nevada Date of plate: 1991   Notes: From Wikipedia: "What would become the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall initially opened in 1979 as the Colorado Club and was built by Tom Ward and Ed Nigro. In 1986, the casino

Manufacturer: H.F. Coors China User: Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall – Laughlin, Nevada Date of plate: circa 1980s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "What would become the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall initially opened in 1979 as the Colorado Club and was built by Tom Ward and Ed Nigro. In 1986,

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern name: Wildwood Date of sugar bowl: Circa 1950s   Notes: This pattern consists of a single stylized flower and foliage with what appears to be buds. The flower is standing on the left side of a thin rectangular platform with differing diagonal slices of color. To

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Pell's Oyster House – Denver, Colorado Date of examples: circa 1927 – early 1940's   Notes: From an article by Katie Rudolph in the Denver Public Library's Western History Collection: "Pell's Oyster House spent the 1880s and 1890s moving from place to place along 16th Street

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Pell's Oyster House – Denver, Colorado Date of examples: circa 1912 – 1920   Notes: From an article by Katie Rudolph in the Denver Public Library's Western History Collection: "Pell's Oyster House spent the 1880s and 1890s moving from place to place along 16th Street [in

Manufacturers: McNicol China and Wellsville China User: Dude Rancher Lodge – Billings, Montana Date of examples: 1950 – 1960s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Dude Rancher Lodge is a motel in Billings, Montana, on the National Register of Historic Places. Known as 'Billings' most unique motel,' it was built in

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers – Germany User: Hofbrau-Quelle – Portland, Oregon Distributor: Praele, Hegele & Co., Portland, Oregon Date of pitcher: circa early 1920s   Notes: The Hofbrau-Quelle at SW Sixth Avenue and Adler Steet in Portland, Oregon, had ties back to the Quelle Saloon in Portland. Originally located at SW

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Jeffery – Salinas, California Date of plate: 1940   The Hotel Jeffery in Salinas, California, at the corner of Alisal and Main Streets was constructed in 1887 and opened on New Year's Day in 1888. At the time the location was ridiculed by the public

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Shelburne Hotel – Atlantic City, New Jersey Distributor: John Wanamaker – Philadelphia Date of service plate: 1928 – circa 1930   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Shelburne Hotel was a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, located at Michigan Avenue and the Boardwalk. Built and opened in

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons – England User: Fargo Sanitarium – Fargo, North Dakota Date of platter: circa 1904 – 1942   Notes: The Fargo Sanitarium at 1329-33 Third Avenue South in Fargo, North Dakota, was started around 1904, with Dr. James E. Cavanaugh as director. From a 2019 article

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Doctors Hospital – Manhattan Date of celery dish: 1930s – early 1940s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Doctors Hospital was a hospital located at 170 East End Avenue, between 87th and 88th Streets opposite Gracie Mansion in the Yorkville neighborhood of the Upper East Side of Manhattan,

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Doctors Hospital – Manhattan Date of plate: 1977   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Doctors Hospital was a hospital located at 170 East End Avenue, between 87th and 88th Streets opposite Gracie Mansion in the Yorkville neighborhood of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Harvey's Restaurant – Washington D.C. Date of plates: 1934 and 1938   Notes: From an article by Kent Boses in June 2009, in Greater Greater Washington: "The four-story, iron-fronted building erected shortly after the Civil War on the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street,

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Harvey's Restaurant – Washington D.C. Date of examples: circa 1927 – 1954   Notes: From an article by Kent Boses in June 2009, in Greater Greater Washington: "The four-story, iron-fronted building erected shortly after the Civil War on the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Harvey's Restaurant – Washington D.C. Date of plate: circa 1939   Notes: From an article by Kent Boses in June 2009, in Greater Greater Washington: "The four-story, iron-fronted building erected shortly after the Civil War on the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street, NW,

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons – England User: Hotel Kaiserhof – Denver, Colorado Distributor: Burley & Company, Chicago Date of plate: 1913   Notes: The Hotel Kaiserhof, at 17th Street and Welton Street in Denver, Colorado, opened as the Hotel Albert in 1890. In May 1909, while the Albert was

Manufacturers: Shenango China and Tepco China User: Colombia Pavilion – 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition Date of Shenango cup: circa 1927-1948 Date of Tepco cup: circa 1940s-1950s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Martha Washington – New York City Pattern: #146 Breslin Distributor: Kniffin & Demarest Company Date of plate: circa 1920s   Notes: From ny.curbed.com: "The Women's Hotel, as it was originally known, was constructed from 1901 to 1903 by acclaimed British-born architect Robert W. Gibson, who

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Ted Hilton's – Moodus, Connecticut Date of plate: 1930s – 1946   Notes: From East Haddam Stories: In the village of Moodus in East Haddam, Connecticut, "Henry Engle started Elm Camp in 1916, on three acres on the bank of the Salmon River. Engle built the