Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Virginia Dare Hotel – Elizabeth City, North Carolina Pattern: Virginian Date of examples: circa 1927 – 1959   Notes: From the Elizabeth City Historic Neighborhood Association at VisitElizabethCity.com: "The Virginia Dare Hotel [was] designed by W. L. Stoddard of New York City, one of the nation's leading

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Franklin Cafe Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Nothing is known about the location or period of operation of the Franklin Cafe at this time. Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: 4-H Organization Distributor for plate: S&W China – Clarksburg, W.V. Date of examples: Circa 1940s   Notes: 4-H is the youth development organization that was founded in 1902 under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The letters stand for head, heart, hands and health.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Fort McHenry Gift Shop Date of ashtray: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Ford Motor Company Date of examples: circa 1939 – 1940s   Notes: This logo was used by Ford Motor Company on board the car company's freighters on the Great Lakes, as well as in its factory lunchrooms and possibly executive dining rooms, according to Daniel

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Florence Hotel Date of pitcher: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: There are a number of old Florence Hotels that were located in West Virginia and surrounding states; we have not been able to locate at which one this cream pitcher was used. Contributors: Contents:

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Flo-Jean Restaurant and Toll House Bar Date of grill plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: In 1929, Harold Dalrymple, an executive with the General Motors Corporation, built Flo-Jean's El Patio Tea Shop for his wife Florence, who operated it until the late 1970s with

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: First Christian Church – Columbus, Indiana Date of examples: circa 1942 – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia, First Christian Church of Columbus, Indiana – formerly Tabernacle Church of Christ – was built in 1942 and designed by renowned architect Eliel Saarinen in a Modern style

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Eureka Lodge, No. 509 Date of plate: 1937   Notes: This plate was made for the Eureka Lodge, No. 509, of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, located in Warren, Michigan. It has been merged since 1993 and is now known as Eureka-North

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Enduro Restaurant and Cafe Date of soup plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Harry Rosen owned two Brooklyn restaurants with the Enduro name. The more famous was Enduro Cafe and Lounge that was closed in 1949 to reopen as Junior's [Cheesecake]. It was located on

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Eloise Insane Asylum and Poorhouse Distributor: A.J. Marshall Company – Detroit Date of pitcher: circa 1916 – 1952   Notes: There is no question that this pitcher with the simple script "Eloise" was used at the Eloise Insane Asylum and Poorhouse in Wayne County, Michigan. It

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grafton Elks Lodge #308 Date of bowl: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: Nice little bowl was used by Grafton's Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge, located on 111 E. Main Street. Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Fairmont Elks Lodge #294 Date of plate: 1946   Notes: This plate was used by Fairmont's Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge, located on 419 Adams Street. Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Mayfair Farms – West Orange, New Jersey Pattern: Shelborne #97701 Date of plate: 1957   Notes: From a July 2022, article by Diana Cooper in MontclairGirl.com: "Mayfair Farms was formerly known as The Mayfair Club. The property, located at 481 Eagle Rock Avenue, West Orange, was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Danville Elks Lodge #227 Date of grill plate:   Notes: This grill plate was used by Danville, Virginia's #227 Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge, located at 560 Main Street. Contributors: Grill plate photos: Edward Babcock Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Eighth Street Baptist Church Date of plate: circa 1920s – circa 1930s   Notes: There are a number of Eighth Street Baptist Churches across the United States, but the most likely in terms of location and prominence would be the Eighth Street Baptist Church of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Hotel Edison and Grill – Sunbury, Pennsylvania Date of plate: circa early 1950s   Notes: Originally built in 1871 by E.T. Drumheller as the City Hotel in Sunbury, Penn., it became the first building in the world to be lighted by Thomas Edison's three-wire electric system

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Edgecomb Steel Date of creamer: 1946   Notes: Edgcomb Steel, which processed and distributed metal products, seems to have been founded in 1925 (based purely on the title of a booklet produced by the company called "Edgcomb, 30 Years," that came out in 1955). It was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: De Lemmo Restaurant – Harrisburg, Penn. Date of cup: 1950   Notes: This photo was contributed by Terri Hoffman, who found it in Harrisburg, Penn. There was a De Lemmo Restaurant in Harrisburg's Fourth Ward, near the state capitol grounds, making that the likely source for

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Dayton House – Flint, Michigan  Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: This awkwardly topmarked platter was an early piece for Carr, based on the unattractive Dayton House decal and the unusual backstamp that includes Restaurant China Company, a Chicago distributor. Best guess for location is

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: International Association of Rebekah Assemblies (or Rebekahs or Rebekah Lodges or Daughters of Rebekah) Date of cup: 1949   Notes: From the wikipedia: "The Rebekah Lodges were founded in the early 1850s, largely due to the efforts of an Odd Fellow named Schuyler Colfax. Initially, the Rebekah

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: City Restaurant Date of platter: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Nothing is known about this Glo-Tan platter topmarked City Restaurant with A.C. Hopkins in Morgantown as the distributor. The only possibility we've found is the City Restaurant that was once located in Elkins (see

Manufacturers: Carr China Company, as well as Maddock, Mayer, Shenango, Warwick User: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Pattern name: Puget Distributor: Stearnes Co. – Chicago Date of platter: Circa 1916   Notes: As a subsidiary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: CDH – City of Chicago Date of pitcher: 1934   Notes: This handsome pitcher with the three-branched, Y-shaped, three-rivers logo of the City of Chicago that can be found on many structures throughout the city. There are two possibilities for where this CDH one was used.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carvel Hall Hotel – Annapolis, Maryland Date of celery dish: 1948   Notes: From Historic Annapolis, Carvel Hall was part of the site of the William Paca House and Garden in Annapolis during much of the 20th century and "was the largest and most popular

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carpathia Club Distributor: A.J. Marshall Co. Hotel Equipment – Detroit Date of soup plate: Unknown   Notes: The Carpathia Club was founded in the early 20th century in Detroit as the Carpathia Singing Society and in celebration of the members' Germanic heritage. It continues as a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Delray – Underglaze Print Pattern #6052  Date of examples: circa 1920 – 1952   Notes: Delray was Carr China's Underglaze Print Pattern #6052 Delray pattern is shown in black on a platter and in blue, above, on a grill plate with the Dayton pattern

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Caldwell's Pattern: Delray Date of bowl: Unknown   Notes: Nothing is known about this small oval bowl in the Delray pattern with the topmark for Caldwell's. For additional info: Carr China's Delray Pattern Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern #6031 Date of examples: Circa 1930s   Notes: This pattern's number was found in a Carr catalog, but its name was not known. It is shown in brown on the Bowles Lunch mug and in green on West Point's Cadet Mess butter

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Shore Inn – Vermillion, Ohio Distributor: Geo. H. Bowman Company – Cleveland Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: According to a May 1920 article in the Sandusky Register: "Shore Inn is three miles west of Vermillion with the Cleveland and Sandusky Boulevard on