HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING
Last night was our monthly historical society meeting. The program for the evening was "Our Collections are History". Each member was encouraged to bring in one of their collections and "show and tell" about it. The meeting proved to be very interesting, among others there were; miniature houses, H.O. trains, miniature cars, dolls, NY Giant football cap collection, cylinder records, old dishes, old local postcards, and my collection of restaurant creamers. They were all displayed on a table in the center of the room and each person in turn told how they started the collection, how long they've collected and any stories behind items.
There are/were a number of companies that made these creamers for restaurants and hotels. Some of them had the restaurant/hotel logo painted/stenciled on them. I'm not sure if they still make creamers because now we have the little disposible ones. The restaurant supply companies still make dishes for restaurants and hotels. Some of them have their names on them, others just a pretty design. In my collection I have several different companies represented. (Syracuse, Mayer, Iroquois, Jackson, Sterling,Shenango & Ononadaga)
2 comments:
put my name on the bottom!
It is nice to find others who collect these creamers. My collection began with the memory of my dad allowing me to drink his cream served w/his coffee. Sometimes this was in a milk jug shape and othertimes it was iron stone china.
Do you know if there is a book published on these creamers?
Pauleta in Tulsa
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